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HomeMy WebLinkAbout0416 - Ordinance No. 41§ ~ ~ '~D 1 AN 0RDIN..~C~.~ regulating the keeping of dogs within the City of Bremerton providing for the desteuction of vicious dogs, and fixing penalties. The City Council of the City of Bre~erton do ordain a follows: Sec. 1. The keeping of dogs within the limits of the City of ~remerton is hereby forbidden unless the owners or keepers thereof shall ~rocure a license for each do~ as herein provided. Sec, 2, The annual license is hereby fixed at the following rates: On each male ~og, one dollar; on each femule dog, two-and fifty-100 dollars, Sec. 3. On payment to the City Clerk of the amount of the said license he shall issue a license to the persons applying for the same, which license shall remain in force for one year from the first day ~f April in each year, and not longer. The license for a%~male dog shall be debnominated a" dog license" and the license for a femal~e dog shall be denominated a" bitch License~ The City ~lerk shall fnrnish with each license ~ metal tag, and upon each tag shall be ~' ' " · " ~he inscriptzon Breme~ton together with the year in which the license is issued and a numb:r correspodding to the number of the license, and such tag shall be suspended to a collar which the owner or keeper shall l~rovlde and place upon the neck of the do~ or bitch so licensed. Sec. 4. It shall be the duty of the City Clerk to keep a list of the names and addresses of all persons to whom such licenses are issued with the number and character of !.he license issued to each person. Sec. 5. Ail dogs or bitches found rnmning at laege without having on a collar and license tag ~re hereby declared to be a public nuisance, and it sh~ll be the duty of th ~ity Marshall, or some other person by him appointed, to distrain and impound all such dogs or bitches, and when impounded they shall be kept for forty-eight Joursat the end of theft time it shall be discretionary with him as to whether such animal shall be sold to defr~zy the expense of keeping it, or whther it shall be killed. Sec, 6. Ail money received from the sale of dogs or bitches shall be made by the City Marshall into the Cit Treasury i~nediatly upon such sale being made, and it shall also be his duty to cause all such animals while impounded to fed and treated in a humane manner. ' Sec. ?. Any owner or keeper of a dog or bitch s@ impounded may redeem the same within forty-eight hours by p~ying to the City Clerk the prescribed license tax, together with a penalty of One Dollar and obtaining from the City Clerk a license and tag in the manner above prescribed: and upon presentation of such license and tag at the pound the ~.nimal so redeemed shall be released. Sec. 8. If any owner or keeper of any dog or.bitch shall permit such dog or bitch to wear a collar and license ta~ ~tithout the license tax having been paid and license procured, he shall be deemed ~u~ilty of a misdemeanor, and on conviction thereof shall :for each and every offense, be fined in any sum not exceeding twenty dollars to which shall be added the cost of prosecution, h Sec. 9. Any owner or keeper of any bitch who shall knowingly pea'mit it to $un at large while in heat, notwithstanding such person shall have a license for such bitch, and on c,~nvietion thereof, for each and every offense, be fined in any sum not exceeding twenty doll~rs, to wjich shall be added the co t of prosecution. Sec. 10. It shall be unlawful for any dog known to have attacked any person, or to be habitually fighting, or engaging in fights with other dogs, to run at large, or any perso$ permitting a vicouos dog or a fighting ~og to run at large, wether holding a license o~ not, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and on conviction thereof, shall be fined in any sum notexceeding ~wenty dollars and costs of prosecution. Sec. 11. Ail members of the police department are authorized and empowered whenever they have knowledge.Dr shall be reliably informed that any dog has bitten or injured any perso$ without cause, to kill such dog forthwith, and for theft pmrpose may enter any premises where s~ch dog may he. Sec. 12. ~11 prior odinances on this subhect are hereby repealed and particularly ordinances Nos. 8 ahd 92 are hereby repealed. Ordinance ~o. 416 Oont'd. Sec. 1Z. This ordinance shall be in full force and effect from five ~5) days after its passage, approval and publication. P~sse~ by the City Council and approved by me~ts ~End~day of April, 1912. A~est: ..... Mayor Tiled with me this 22nd day of April, 1912. y~ erk.