Seward daily gateway., 1931-06-17
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CON- MON COUNCIL OF THE TOWN OF SEWARD. ALASKA:

OF SEWARD, ALASKA:
 Section l. There is hereby lev jed upon each and every dog owned or kept within the corporate limits of the town of Seward, AL aska. and against the person who owns or keeps the same, a tax for each year or fraction thereof, com mencing on the 1st day of July of each year, as follows: Two and a half Dollars ($250) for a male dog and Five Dollars ($5.OO) for a female dog, said tax to be paid in advance to the City Clerk; Pro- vided, that the tax for the cur rent year shall be calculated for the year commencing July l, 1881, and ending June 30, 1882, and shall be due and payable upon the date this ordinance takes effect as here matter provided.
 Section g. The City Clerk, upon receiving said tax from the per- son owning or keeping any dog, shall give to such person a receipt for said tax so paid, together with a metallic tag. which tag shall inn mediately be attached to a collar around the neck of the dog and shall be kept and displayed on said collar on said dog at all times. On said tag shall be stamped the number of the registry of said dog by said City Clerk, and the year for which said dog was registered. The City Clerk shall keep book in which he shall register the num- Der of the tax and description of the dog, the date on which such tax was paid, and the name of the owner or keeper of said dog. The City Clerk shall pay to the City Treasurer all moneys received by him on account of such dog tax es, which moneys shall be covered into the gneral fund of the town of Seward.
 Section 3. It is hereby declared unlawful for any dog upon which the tax has not been paid in ac- cordance with the provisions of this ordinance to run or be at large in any of the streets, alleys, squares, CT public grounds or places in the town of Seward, AL aska, and any such dog found so running or being at large shall be impounded by the Chief of Police or any other person designated by the Common Council, in the dog pound of the town of Seward, which dog pound shall be under the control and care of said Chief of Police, and kept in said pound for seven days, unless the owner or keeper of such dog shall redeem such dog within said period by paying the charges thereon as hereinafter provided. At the end of said period of seven days, if said dog has not been redeemed as aforesaid, the Chief of Police shall sell the same at either pub lie or private sale for the best price he can obtain, and in the event said dog cannot be sold said dog shall be killed or otherwise disposed of under the direction of the Law and Ordinance Committee of the Common Council in such manner and by such means as said Committee in it's discretion shall deem best. The charge for im- pounding such dog shall be Two Dollars ($20O, and the charge for keeping such dog in said pound shall be One Dollar ($10O) for each day or fraction thereof, which charges shall be paid in full be- fore such dog shall be released to the owner or keeper thereof as hereinafter provided. The pro=e ceeds derined from the sale of impounded dogs, and from charges paid for impounding and keeping dogs as aforesaid, shall be paid l.. L~x, 11;x I