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Dogs and Bitches. CHAPTER THIRTY-FIVE. DOGS AND BITCHES. AN ORDINANCE regulahng dog's and bitches running at large. Be it ordained by the city council of the city of Paris: SEC.!. That there is hereby levied upon each and every dog and bitch, owned or harbored within the limits of the cit) of Paris, an annual tax of one dollar on each dog, and two dollar3 on each bitch, which tax is due and payable whenever such animals are found within the city limits, and the tax, when paid, shall be good only for the calendar year in which it is paid, and it is hereby made the duty of every owner of any dog or bitch, or anyone who shall harbor or keep any dog or bitch within the limits of the city of Paris, to pay to the tax assessor and collector the said tax each calendar year, and get a metal tax paid tag, and ,any person own- ing, or harboring, or keeping any dog, or bitch, who fails to com- ply with the provisions of this section, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction, shall be fined in any sum not less than the tax due nor more than five dollars for each and every offense. S:¡¡:c. 2. It shalJ be the duty of the tax assessor and collector to furnish each person paying the tax on his dog or bitch, with a metal tag, on which is stamped the words, "tax paid i" and also \ the figures showing the year for which the tax is paid, which metal tag shall be securely attached to a collar around the neck of the dog or bitch p~id for, and shall be kept so attached at all times during the year for which the tax is paid. SEC. 3, It shall be unlawful for any dogs or bitches to run at large at any time, within the limits of the city, of Paris, unless the tax has been paid upon such dogs or bitches, and the payment is so indicated by the metal tag, as prescribed in section 2 of this or- ,dinance. SEC. 4. All dogs or bitches found ruuning at large within the limits of the city of Paris without the proper tax paid tag on, shall be captured and impounded by the marshal or any police- man of the city, and if any' dog or bitch so impounded is not ¡ ¡ I tal' (;.!-, ,-~='I-=--===~-"- ..~" ~-. --, ,~--..- " -' .. ~ ~---- _m- --..' ,~~ -,~ , .... "\ 77 ~ ¡ ..j ~i/