HomeMy WebLinkAbout1395 ORDINANCE NO. 1395
AN ORDINANCE relating to vaccination to prevent rabies, and relating to the
licensing, of all dogs kept, maintained or allowed to run at large in the City
of Bremerton; repealing Ordinance No. 911, and Sections 4, 5, 6, ? and 8, of
Ordinance No. 499 of the City of Bremerton, and all other ordinances or parts of
ordinances in conflict therewith; imposing penalties, and declaring an emergency.
THE CITY C0I~ISSION OF THE CITY OF BRE%~RTON DOES ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. That the d~sease known as rabies, and commonly called hydrophobia,
is hereby declared to be a menace to the health and safety of the inhabit8nts of
the City of Bremerton, and each and every dog susceptible to the ~isease of rabies
which is kept. maintained, or allowed to run at large in the City of Bremerton,
is hereby d~cla, red to be a public nuisance.
Section ~. It shall be unlawful for the owner thereof to keep, maintain, or
allow to run at large, in the City of Bremerton, any dog unless the said dog shall
have been vaccinated by a licensed veterinary surgeon w~.th anti-rabies vaccine,
within one year preceding the date on which said dog is kept, maintained, or
allowed to run at large in the City of Bremerton.
Section 3. It shall be unlawful for the owner of any dog to keep or maintain
such dog, or to allow such dog to run at large in the City of Bremerton, on or
after the 1st day of July, 1941, unless the owner thereof shall have procured a
license and a metal tag in evidence thereof as hereinafter provided from the City
Treasurer of the City of Bremerton, and unless such metal tag be firmly attached
to a collar worn at all times by said dog, said collar to be furnished by the
owner of said dog.
Section 4. That a license fee or tax is hereby levied against every dog kept,
maintained, or allowed to run at large in the City of Bremerton, and the owner of
every such dog shall pay a license fee as followg to the City Treasurer:
~]~ For each male dog .... $1.00
~ For each sterilized ~ema~e d~g .... ~1.00
For each unsterilized female dog . . . $2.50
provided however that the City Treasurer shall not issue any such license unless
the owner, or his agent, applying therefor, shall submit satisfactory evidence to
the City Treasurer that the said dog has been vaccinated by a regularly licensed
veterinary surgeon, with anti-rabies vaccine, within a period of one year preced-
ing the 1st day of July of the year for which license application is made, and a
certificate signed by such veterinary surgeon shall be satisfactory evidence of
such vaccination.
Section 5. All dog licenses issued subseGuent to the effective date of this
ordinance shall cover the period of one year from the 1st day of July in the fiscal
year of issuance of ssid license, and all license tags shall be marked with the
date of expiration of such license.
Ordinance No. 1398 (cont.)
Section 6. The City Clerk be and he is hereby authorized and directed to
provide appropriate metal license tags, one each of which shall be delivered to
the owner of each dog, paying such license tax at the time of the issuance of said
license, which tag shall be appropriately marked with the number of the license
and the year in which the license is issued, and shall also be inscribed with the
word, "Bremerton."
Section 7. The City Treasurer shall keep an accurate record of the names and
addresses of the owners of all dogs to whom such licenses are issued together
with the number and character of said license, and the date of anti-rabies
vaccination.
Section 8. The Chief of Police of the City of Bremerton, the pound master,
or any police officer, is hereby authorized and directed to pick up, and impound,
any and all dogs found within the city limits of the City of Bremerton after the
1st day of July of each year, upon which no license tag, for the current year, is
found, and to dispose of said dog as provided in Ordinance No. 499, provided that
no impounded dog shall be returned to the owner until the owner shall arrange or
pay for the Vaccination and licensing of said dog, and other charges authorized
by Ordinance No. 499. And the Chief of Police, or any police officer, is hereby
authorized, but is not required, to notify known owners of dogs to comply with
the provisions of this ordinance.
Section 9. In addition to the penalty of impounding unlicensed dogs and
disposing of same as provided in Ordinance No~ 499, the owner of any dog failing
or refusing to comply with the provisions of this ordinance after receiving oral
or written notice so to do from the Chief of Police or any police officer, shall
be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction shall be fined in any sum not
exceeding $100.00, or by imprisonment in the city Jail for any period not exceed-
ing 30 days or by both such fine and imprisonment.
Section 10. 0rdinance~No. 911 of the City of Bremerton,~and Sections 4, 5,
6, 7 and 8, of Ordinance No. 499 of the City of Bremerton, and all other ordinances
or parts of ordinances in conflict with the provisions hereof, be and the same
are hereby repealed.
Section 11. An emergency exists affecting the public peace, health and
safety, and this ordinance shall take effect immediately following its passage
and publication; providing however that owners of dogs bearing licenses issued
by the City Treasurer for the year beginning July 1, 1940, shall have until July
1, 1941, to qualify their dogs for the issuance of licenses by having them
vaccinated with anti-rabies vaccine, and to secure licenses for the,year beginning
July 1, 1941.
PASSED by the City Commission of the City of Bremerton, signed by the Mayor,
and attested by the City Clerk in authentication of such passage, this 28th day
of May, 1941.
Attest:
~,~.~t~r '~.~,~ ~nte of Washington"[
~ I the undersigned flo certify tha~ the above
of the cji) of Brem~rton, Washington on