Page 1 » N ORDINANCE NO. / S¢ AN ORDINANCE REGULATING THE KEEPING OF DOGS WITHIN THE CITY OF PRICHARD AND PROVIDING FOR THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND SAFETY. BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PRICHARD, ALABAMA, AS FOLLOWS : Section 1. When used in this Ordinance, the following words and phrases shall have the meanings given to them by Code of Alabama i9hO, Title 22, Sec. 105: (a) Dog, (b) Person, (c) Owner and (d) Innoculation 5 1 8 1 4 4 673 741 134 28 96.630074 against 5 1 8 1 4 5 827 739 155 26 92.601311 rabies. The words at 5 1 8 1 4 9 1297 743 114 32 55.709251 large shall be intended to mean off the premises of the owner and not under control by leash, cord, chain or otherwise. The word dog 5 1 8 1 6 11 1396 810 152 26 79.719101 catcher or pound 5 1 8 1 7 3 437 836 134 31 90.946510 keeper shall include all agents or assistants of the City dog catcher or city pound keeper. ' Section 2. All dogs kept, harboured or maintained by their owners in the City of Prichard shall be licensed. Dog licenses shall be issued by the City Clerk of the City upon payment of @ license tax of One Dollar. ~ Section 3. The person applying for a dog license shall not be en- titled to the issuance of the license for any dog unless at the time of making such application a rabies inoculation certificate, not over one year old, covering such dog is exhibited to the city Clerk. Section . When the license is issued for any dog the City Clerk shall also furnish to the applicant therefor a serially numbered tag bearing the same number and year as the license bears, which license tag shall at all times be attached to a collar or hamess worn by the dog for which the license and tag are issued. In the event any license tag is lost during the year for which it was pro = cured, the person to whom it was issued may obtain a new one by paying an issuance fee of fifty cents. Section 5. No owner of my dog shall permit it to run at large at any time within the corporate limits of the City. Section 6. If the owner of a dog carelessly manages the dog or per- mits it to go at large, and another person, without fault on his part, suffers damages thereby, such owner shall be liable for such damages. Section 7. It shall be the duty of every Police officer of the City upon discovering any dog running at large and not wearing both a license tag and an inoculation tag to promptly notify the City dog catcher. It shall be the duty of the dog catcher, when so notified, or whenever he observes any dog running at large and not wearing both a license tag and an inoculation tag, to immediately take such dog into his possession and confine it in the city Dog Pound. Section 8. If an impounded dog is wearing a license tag or an ino- culation tag, or if its owner is known to the pound keeper, the pound keeper shall promptly give notice to such owner of the action taken with respect to such dog. . Section 9. The ower of any impounded dog may, within : . lows after the impounding, redeem the dog by paying to the -peun Chky Cherte. Keepsr the sum of $1.50 for the impounding and twenty-five cents a day for the keep of the dog. Section 10. In the event an impounded dog has not been licensed by. the City for the then current calendar year, the Gity—Reusd- Keeper t of .a_licesss Teo thal Hee. Ch Cok te low Dcller Page 2 7 coe GOF+E6 ense-taz-To S 3) QePrens a qi Ear. The license shall not be issued, however, until the dog has received the required rabies inoculation. Section 11. In the event an impounded dog is not redeemed within ;the pound keeper may, in his discretion, sell “such dog, if the purchaser complies with all the provisions of this ordinance, and such purchaser shall be vested with a legal title to the dog so purchased or the pound keeper may destroy such dog in a humane manner, allowing a local humane society to destroy the dog if it so desires. ; Section 12. It shall be the duty of every police officer and the pound keeper to promptly kill any dog which exhibits pronounced symptoms of rabies on any public street or other public place in the City or its police jurisdiction or when such symptoms are ex- hibited by any dog confined in the pound. Section 13. The dog catcher of the City shall have the right, and it shall be his duty, to enter any vacant lot for the purpose of capturing any dog which is at large and not wearing both a license tag and an inoculation tag. Section lh. It shall be unlawful for any person to remove, alter or in any manner tamper with the License tag worn by any dog or to interfere with any officer of the City in the enforcement of any provisions of this ordinance. Section 15. Any person violating any provision of this ordinance shall, upon conviction, be punished by a fine of not more than One Hundred ($100.00) Dollars, and may in additi on, be sentenced to jail or hard labor for the City of Prichard for a period not to exceed six (6) months. ADOPTED this day of ,» 1958. APPROVED : May or ATTEST; City Clerk