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Section 7. Poundage fees. The following shall be the fees charged as poundage for the impoundment of animals under section 5: (1) For impounding horses and cattle, per head ...,.$20.00 (2) For care of horses and cattle, per head per day. 5.00 (3) For impounding animals, per head ................ 10.00 (4) For care of animals, per head per day............ 2.00 (5) Impounding fee on dogs or cats per head......... 5.00 (6) For taking care of dogs or cats per head per day 1.00 (7) For newspaper advertisement ........the actual cost as determined from time to time. No animal impounded by virtue of this ordinance shall be released to the owner until all such costs and fees have been paid and until the person applying for the release of such animal shall have signed an affidavit to the (ffect that he is the owner of said animal and entitled to possession thereof. The owner of any animal impounded under this section may redeem his property as follows: (1) Before sale: By paying the poundage fees, together with the cost of advertising, if any, and providing evidence of prepayment for vaccination as provided in section 19 herein. (2) After sale: By paying to the purchaser double the amount paid by him for such animal or animals, and his reasonable expenses for keeping the same, pro- vided the owner so redeems the animal within ten (10) days after the date of sale; otherwise the animal shall become the absolute property of the purchaser. Section 8. Destruction of animal. Any animal impounded under any section of this ordinance may be killed by the animal control officer, the police or any other employee of the city after it has been ,impounded for a period of seventy -two (72) hours. The city shall not be re- sponsible or liable for any animal picked up for any vitiation of any provision of this ordinance and any injury to or death of any animal impounded under this ordinance shall be deemed to be the direct result of the owner's negligence or wilful dis- obedience of this ordinance. Section 9. Sale of dogs and cats impounded. The chief of police may sell impounded dogs and cats for cash, after same have been impounded for three (3) days. Section 10. Cruelty to animals. It shall be unlawful for any person to cruelly maltreat any dumb animal in the city; or to wilfully and wantonly kill, maim, wound, disfigure or poison any horse, ass, mule, cattle, sheep, goat, swine, dog or other domesticated animal, bird or beast of any kind; or to mutilate, cruelly kill, over - drive, over -ride or overload, or unnecessarily confine, or in any manner oppress the same; or to unnecessarily fail to provide