Imperial Valley press., 1931-05-11

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Board of Trustees for such purpose,
or otherwise disposed OF so as to
prevent its running at large IN the
City of Ell Centre in violation OF any
city ordinance. Nothing, however.
in this ordinance contained shall be
construed as permitting the re-
demption of any dog, having, or
suspected of having, or found IN
flicted with rabies or hydrphobia.
Section TX. OFFICEHS PER
MITTED TO EXAMINE DOG FOR
RABIES The Health Officer and
his deputies, the Chief of Police or
his deputies or any special officer
of this City are hereby empowered
to enter upon any private property
for the purpose OF ascertaining
whether any dog kept or harbored
| thereon is afflicted with rabies or
| hydrophobia, or whether or not a
license tag has been secured Tor
such dog
Section X. UNLAWFUL TO RE-
SIST OFFICERS. 1t shall be un-
lawful Tor any person to interfere
with, oppose or resist the Health
Officer. or his deputies, the Chief
of Police, or his deputies, or any
police officer, or any special officer
Of this City, while. engaged in the
performance Of the duties prescribed
by the provisions OF thsi Ordinance.
Section XI. SUITABLE MUZ-
ZLES TO BE USED. All muzzleS
used in pursuance OF the require
ments OF this Ordinance shall be
approved as to form by the Health
Officer OF this City.
Section XII. HEALTH OFFICER
TO EXAMINE DOGS. Officers or
persons capturing a dog which is
suspected OF being infected with
rabies, may separately confine such
dog in some safe place, and report
| the capture to the Health Officer
and submit such cog to the eXami-
nation OF said Health Officer, or his
! representative, and 1t shall be the
| duty of the Health Officer, or his
representative, when called upon, to
examine or have examined such dog.
and to ascertain whether OF not
such dog is infected with rabies.
Section XIII. HEALTH OFFICER
TO BE NOTIFIED OF SUSPECT
ED RABIES. Whenever the owner
or person having the custody or
possession of an animal shall op-
serve or learn that such animal
shows symptoms of rabies, or acts
in manner which would lead 10
reasonable suspicion that it may
have rabies, such owner, or persons
having the custody or possession OF
such animal shall Immediately no
tify the Health Officer or his rep
resentative.
Section XIV. DOG TO BE
| GUARANTEED FOR TEN Q0
DAYS. Whenever IL is shown that
any dog has bitten any person, or
is suspected of having bitten any
person, the owner or person having
the custody or possession thereof.
shall. upon order OF the Health Or
ficer, quarantine it and keep it tied
up or confined for 4 period OF not
less than ten 90 days, and shall al
low the Health Officer or his rep
resentative. to make an ir5pection
or examination thereof at any
time during said period.
Section XIV. RABID ANIMAL TO
BE DESTROYED. If 1t shall ap-
pear TO the Health Office or his
representative, upon examination,
that any dog or other animal has
rabies, he shall cause to be killed or
destroyed such animal forthwith.
TO BE QUARANT1NED. Whenever
any animal shall be bitten by an
animal having, or suspected OF hav-
ing rabies, the owner, or person
having the custody or possession of
the animal so bitten. shall imme-
diately notify the Health Officer
and shall restrain or confine said
| animal in such q way as to make II
impossible for said animal TO bite
any other animal or person. The
Health Officer or his representative
shall have power to quarantine any
animal so bitten, or suspected of
having been bitten by a rabid ami
NAL for minimum period of thirty
800 days but not to exceed ninety
900 days.
Section XVII. RABID DOG NOT
TO ENTER CITY. No person shall
bring q dog into the City OF Ell
Centro from any city or county in
which rabies is present, or in which
1t has been known to be present
within six months.
Section XVIII. PENALTIES. ANY
person violating any OF the provi-
sion5 of this Ordinance shall be
guilty of misdemeanor and upon
conviction thereof, shall be punish
ed by a fine OF not less than S25 90
or not more than S50O.0O, or by i'm
prisonment In the County Jail for
a period OF not more than six
months or by both such fine and
Imprisonment.
Section XIX. REPEALING
CLAUSE. Ordinances of the City
of Ell Centre numbered 4, 70, ISL and
178 respectively and all other ordi-
nanceS inconsistent herewith are
hereby repealed.
Section Xxx This ordinance is
hereby declared to be an urgency
measure by reason of the follow
ing facts which are hereby found
by the City Council, to-wit: That
rabies among dogs and other ami
mails now exists in this City and
vicinity to an extent which en-
dangers the lives and health of the
City's inhabitants.
This ordinance shall, therefore,
take effect from the time of the