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.01DINANCE NO 11�
AN ORDINANCE IMPOSIEG A LICENSE TAx on all dogs owned
or harbored within the City of Burlingame and providing for the
collection of the same, and prohibiting the running at large of
dogs without a License Tax thereon;
THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE CITY OF BURLINGAME DO ORDAIN
AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. An annual license tax of two dollars is
hereby imposed on every male dog owned or harbored within the
limits of the City of Burlingame, and an annual license tax of
fdill.dollars is hereby imposed on every female dog owned or harbored
within the limits of the City mf Burlingame; the receipt for same
being a numbered license tag, made of metal of uniform size and
appearance and to be issued by the Marshall of said City to any
person owning or harboring any dog within the limits of the City of
Burlingame, which license tag may be renewed at the end of any
fiscal year;
Section 2. It shall be unlawful for any person owning or
harboring any dog within the limits of the City of Burlingame to
allow the same to run or be at large within the City without having
procured a license tag therefore as provided in this. Ordinance and
said dog shall be deemed an estray;
Section 3. It shall be the duty of the Board of Trustees
to appoint a Poundmaster whose duty it shall be to maintain a
suitable enclosure for the keeping of all dogs impunnded; and to
seize and impound any and all dogs running at large or being within
the City without a license tag thereon, and keep the same at the
said enclosure until the same are either redeemed or killed as
ptovided by this Ordinance. He shall receive for his services:
on every license tag issued one half the amount of said license tax;
on every dog redeemed the redemption fee of two dollars for every
male dog and UoAA dollars for every female dog and shall receive
for the killing of a dog the sum of one dollar for each dog. Upon
the redemption of a dog the Poundmaeter shall certify such fact to
the Marshall and shall accompany such certification with one half
of the said redemption fee, whereupon spa license tag will be issued
to the owner of said dog;
Section 4. It is hereby made the duty of the Poundmaster
to post up in three public places ir_ said City within twenty four
hours after he has impounded any dog, written notices describing
fully the dog impounded, and setting forth that unless such dog is
redeemed within two days thereafter he will kill the.same and which
he shall do unless redeemed as aforesaid; he shall also keep a
register of the dogs impounded with a description of same, date of
impounding, redemption, killing etc.
Section 5. Any person who shall obstruct or resist the
Poundmaster in the performance of his duties aforesaid or who shall
violate any of the provisions of this Ordinance shall be deemed
guilty of a misdemeanor and upon convietion thereof shall be
punished by a fine not exceeding fifty dollars or by imprisonment
not exceeding fifty days or by both such fine and imprisonment;
Section h. This Ordinance expressly repeals Ordinance 17o 9 of
the Town of Burlingame, adopted August 20th.; 1909;
Section 7. This Ordinance shall be printed and published in the
Burlingame Advance for two successive publications and shall #aka
be in force and effect from and after the date of its passage;
Introduced the day of , 911 and duly and regularly
gam, passed and adopted at a egular meetin. of the Board of Trustees of
the City of Burlingame; M� &-I,, (W /& -/A— /g /)
Ayes, Trustees: R� 4,Lctpje — /
t7oes, Trustees: /J
Absent, Trustees:
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