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1194 ORD PROVIDING FOR VACCINATION OR INOCULATION OF DOGS TO PREVENT RABIES AND A LICENSE FEE IN CONNECTION THEREWITH,06 s F . f jf BRLINaNCE AI: ORLINr'aP;Cli 2i3OI+IliIUG YUR i'ii:s 'fnCCIts"n.'i'10L 02 iNOCUI.ATION OF I10GS 'FO r'REVENT kABIES rLi::_r i LIC::IvSE r+EE IId Ci?idNEf,`I'ION THijRE- WITH; :.aROrIIBITII,TG TH"r: RUiINING n1 L"RGE Ui liOGS YUT VaCCINATED OR ILOCULxTj:.D nZvD t'ROVIDIAU !(?R T'riL IniYOi3Y:LTEG riID DESTRi7C'iION Or IiOGS 4VHEL rii`' L:iRGE OJN1'2riBY TO 'I':IE 1'-Rt3VISIi3NS UF THIa O1ZDI- EXNCE; 1'R0V'IDING FUR "1`3r. KI'LLINu Ui' UUi:TS 11TvliER t'kOCLiT;dA'iIO1 OF T.iE LUYOiz IN C:iS.:, 02 A:E'IDEi;iICS UF t2t►BI16; l'REaCRIBIivG Pi30CEDUR34; ATD PENrsLTTi:S FUR VIOi.hTIOI: vf I`L'S rROVISIONS 1N`11 REi.'EOLII%G ORDITv.r.PdCE ivUiB.;:;R 920 F1Nll 0?3DI1ITANCE,NUI:TBER 111$ ;aNi: ALL Oiii.~~R MIltiA.MXS OR P"RTS OF ORUI1VrahrCES ITd COIvFLIC'I' H%;RE°sYI^lii. BE Ii' Oi-tliiiII;rEi1 $1 THE CIlY COULCIT, OF T'rIE CITY Cli 2rikIS: 1. nll dogs, owned, kept or harbored within the city li*its of the City of I'aris shall be successYully vaccinated or inoculated against the disease known as hydrophobia or rabiµs eacr yeer n.ere- sfte r on dr bePere t r.e f ir st day of kpri]., and aWaAmOx tag shall be worn by each dog bearing the word s TtParis, Texas" and Yigures indicating the year of such vaccination or inoculation. Dogs that have been vaccinated or inoculated during the carrent year need not be vaccinated cr inoculated again during the current yea`r. A11 dogs not heretofore vacci'h6ted or iaoculated snall be vaccinated or inoculated xrithin twenty (20) days of the effec- tive date of this ordinance. 2. The term dog as used herein includes both the male and the fenale species. 3. Hereafter it shall be unlat+rful Por any dog not vaecinated or inoculated and wearing the tag herein provided for to run at large wit"hin the limits of the i:ity Qf Paris. Dogs sha11 be con- , sidered at large within the meaning of this ordinance if not con- fined upon the premises of tne owner, keeper or custodian thereof within a substantial enclosure sufficient to prevent escape, or under control uuon the premises of tue owner, keeper or eustodian t hereoY', or se curely fastened by chain on the premi ses of t he owner, keeper or custodian thereof, or securely confined by leash when off the premises of the owner. 4. 2'lle City Health Officer shall prescribe for the vacci- nation or inoculation oY all dogs within the limits of the City of paris against the disease k4own as nydrophobia or rabies and such preseription shall be available to all veterinarians. AOL ~ - ~ 5. There is hereby levied upon every dog oivned, kept or corDorate harbored within the/limits of t.ie City of Paris an annual license fee of FIFTY CEIvTS (~s.50) against the owner, keeper or custodian thereof, to be naid by him to the :jirector o~.' Finance on or before the first day of "pril af eacu year. Upon preseritation of a cer- tificate ol vaccinatian or incculation,executvd by a licensed veterinarian within ten (10) days of the date of presentation, and payment of t'-:e annual license fee, the Ljirector of Finance shali deliver to the applicant a 7o.z*XE tag on which is stam-oed the words "Paris, Tex.as" and figures showing the ntunber of the tag and theyear for which the license fee was paid. Suc11 XUe11$ . tag shall be securely attached to a collar around the dog's neck and shall be kept so attached at all times duting the year for whic:a the license fee vJas paid. 'i'he collar with such tag attached siiall be worn by the dog at all times during the year for whicn the lieensE; fee was paid. T'he Director oP r'inance shall pnrc..ase the sax:kx3 tags provicled for herein, 6. r,ll dogs found running at large vrithin the corporate liniits of t.Ue City of Paris in violation of triis ordinance shall be eaDtured and imPounded by the ChieT of Police or any polieeman of the Uity oi Paris or any other officer designated to so cto. Notice of sucti impounding snall be given by posting written notices containing a brieY description of the impounded dog in two Dublic places, one of such notices to be posted at the door of the City Hall of the Oity oi Paris azid one `.o be ppsted at the Uity Pound, or notice may be given by publication thereof one tlnle in the of- Yicial city news.9aper. Such notfce shall state that all impounded dogs not redeemed ae hereinafter provided wi.thin Yorty-eight (48) hours after publication will be destroyed. 7. The owner, keeper or custodian of any dog captured and impounded under the provisions hereof shall have the right to redeem such dog at any time within forty-eight (48) hours after posting or publication of notice of its capture and impounding and receive possession of sane upon payment of an impounding fee of THREE AED IVO/100 DOLZARS (~3.00) to the t%hief of rolice for each dog so redeeraed. Alk 8. It shall be the duty of tue :dayor of tYie ~;ity of Paris, wit h approval of the Gity Council, at anq t ime when in his judg- ment there are mad or rabid dogs within the corporate limits of the City of paris and tne public health and safety is thereby endangered, to issue his proclamation authorizing and requiring tiie Uhief of 2olice or any policeman to kill,any dog, whetner vaccinated or inoculated or not and whettzer or not such dog is wearing the tag herrin provided for, found running at large within the corporate lim3ts of the City of Paris. 'I'he Chief of Police and all policemen are hersby authorized, without proclamation of the flayor, to kill any rabid dog within the copporate limits of tne City of i'aris. 9. .,,.ny owner, keeper or custodian of a dog found running at large within tlie corporate limits of the City of _'Paris contrary to the provisions of this ordinance, or who shall fail or refuse to pay the licenae fee provided herein, or who shall fail or refuse to have sucn dog vaccinated or inoculated as provided r;erein, or vrho shall violate any other provisions of this oruinance, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be fined in any sum not exceeding UNE DOLLARS ($100.00 Each day tnat a dog is berL:itted to run at large in violation of this ordinance or that the ovaner, keeper or custodian thereoP fails or refuses to pay the license fee, or to nave the dog vac- cinated or inoculated as provided herein shall. constitute a sep- arate offense. 10. Ordinance number 920, Ordinance number 1118 and all other ordinanees or parts of ordinances in conflict aerevrith are hereby repealed. 11. 1'his ordinanee shall become effective ten days from and after the date of its passage. i'ASSED BY Trir. CITY CUUD:CIL 0F THE CITY OF PARIS tuis the 23rd day of 1,iay, 1949, in regular rieeting. .,~.TTEST: ~ - City Clerk iiayor