Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1959-02-05


THE SUBURBAN DISTRICT
Notice is hereby given that the
County Council for Montgomery
County, Maryland, will conduct a
public hearing on February 20,
1859, in the Auditorium, County
Office Bldg, Rockville, Maryland,
at 500 PM on a proposed
amendment to the Montgomery
County Code, 1855, which will
make it unlawful for any dog,
licensed or unlicensed, to run at
large within the Suburban Dis
trict. The term run at large" is
intended to refer to a dog which
is away from the premises of its
owner or custodian and not under
the owners or custodian's i'm
mediate control. The proposed
ordinance also makes the follow
ing provisions:
!. That ii shall be deemed prima
facie evidence that a dog was not
under the immediate control of
the owner or custodian, if a dog
should bite any person while not
on a leash or chain held by the
owner or custodian;
2. On any day when school is
in session, no dog, whether Ii
censed or unlicensed, shall be per-
mitted on any school ground with.
in the Suburban District, provided
that the provisions of this section
shall not apply if such dog is on
a leash or led by a chain in such a
manner as TO prevent such dog
from biting any person or animal,
or If 1t is securely muzzled so as
to prevent it from biting any per-
son or animal;
3. Any dog which is in violation
of the above provisions shall be
impounded by the appropriate
County officials for a period of
five days in such detention facili-
ties as are provided by the Coun-
ty. If such dog has upon it the
name and address of the owner,
then such owner shall be notified
by letter, certified or registered,
sent within "a hours after such
seizure, if the owners name and
address are not available but If
such dog has upon it the number
of the required license for the
then current year, then the Di-
rector of the County Department
of Inspection and Licenses shall
forthwith be notified of such H.
cenSe number and the said Direc-
tor shall within "a hours after
receipt of such notice, notify by
letter, certified or registered, the
person in whose name the said H.
cense stands on the records of the
County; and II such dog has not
the owner name and address nor
its license number upon it, and
there is no t her reasonable
means of determining VINO the
owner is, then no notice shall be
necessary The notice herein.
above provided for shall be by
mail, postage prepaid, addressed
to the last known address of the
aforesaid owner. In all cases, the
owner may, upon proof of owner
ship, redeem the dog within five
days after such seizure upon pay
ment of the sum of $500 for each
day that the dog is held or a pro
rata portion thereof, provided,
however, that the minimum pay
ment shall be $500. If at the end
of the said period Of five days
such dog shall not have been re.
deemed, then 1t shall be disposed
of by the County authorities in a
humane manner;
4. The above provisions shall
not apply within the corporate
limits of any incorporated city,
village, town, or special taxing
area within the Suburban District
which by law has been given ex.
press authority to regulate and Ii.
cense dogs; provided, however,
that in any such city, town, village
or special taxing area shall adopt
this section and request the Coun.
ty TO enforce its provisions within
the corporate limits of such city,
village, town or special taxing
area, the County Manager is here.
by authorized to conclude ar.
rangements with the municipality
for such enforcement and admin
istration and for reimbursement
to the County through the collec.
ton of license fees as he may
deem advisable.
Copies of this ordinance may be
obtained in Room els, County Of
flee Building, Rockville, Mary
land.
LAWRENCE L. SPEELdAN
Clerk, County Council for
Montgomery County, Md.
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