The Wrangell sentinel., 1941-11-21
LEGAL NOTICE
ORDINANCE NO. IA


 AN ORDINANCE REGULATING THE KEEPING OF DOGS, DECLAR- ING DOGS AT LARGE A PUBLIC NUISANCE, PROVIDING PENAL TIES FOR ITS VIOLATION AND APPEALING ORDINANCES AND ALL OTHER ACTS OR PARTS OF ACTS IN CONFLICT HEREWITH.
 THE COMMON COUNCIL OF THE TOWN OF WRANGELL, ALASKA, HEREBY ORDAINs:
 SECTION l. This ordinance will constitute the code within the in corporated limits for the Town of Wrangell for the keeping of dogs, declaring dogs running at large to be a public nuisance and providing penalty for the violation thereof.
 SECTION 2. All dogs running at large are hereby declared to be al public nuisance and it shall be un lawful for any owner or keeper of any dog to permit said animal to run at large on any street, side walk, wharf, or public place or oth erwiset become a nuisance within the incorporated limits of the Town of Wrangell unless such dog be led or securely tied upon a leash in the hands of some suitable person.
 SECTION 8. Every person who Town of Wrangell shall report to the City Clerk within 30 days af- ter the passage of this ordinance and annually not later than the first (1st) day of February of each year thereafter, his or her name and address, and shall give the name, breed, color, and sex of each dog owned or kept by such person and shall be required to pay to the Clerk the sum of One Dollar ($1.00) for each male dog and Five dollars ($5.0O) for each female dog so own ed or. kept, for the purpose of regis tering said dog or dogs for license and Identification. Upon payment of the said fee the City Clerk shall furnish receipt thereof, also a me- tai license tag carving an identifi- cation number that shall be secure ly fastened to collar made of leath- CT, metal or other substantial ma ter ial worn by the dog. The City Clerk shall keep an accurate record of all licensed dogs.
 SECTION 4. It shall be the duty of the Chief of Police, or some per- son appointed by him, to distrain or impound such dogs thus found. If their owner or such person having control of such dog be known then 1t shall be the duty of the Chief of Police, or some person appointed by him, immediately to give notice yer bally or in writing to such person that such dog has been seized or i'm pounded or has been running at large. Any citizen within the Town of Wrangell may file complaint with the City Clerk that such dog has been running at large in violation of this ordinance and it shall be the duty of the Chief of Police, or any deputy, to immediately give notice to the owner as herein provided.
 SECTION 5. If the owner or per sons having the control of any dog seized and impounded be unknown then it shall be the duty of tht Chief of Police forthwith to post { description of such dog, in plaiI view, in the lobby of the City Hall Such notice shall remain posted foI 6 peBiod of three days, and shal contain a statement that such dog has been seized and impounded un der this ordinance, giving it's mum Der and title.
 SECTION 6. In addition to tn, fine as hereinafter provided, tn, Chief of Police shall charge the own CT or keeper of impounded dogs on, dollar for the release of each dog together with fifty cents for eacl and every day such dog shall be kep in custody; provided, that he snee' keep no dog for more than thre days, after which time it shall b discretionary with him whethe such dog shall be sold to defray tn expense of keeping it. or whether shall he killed.