HomeMy WebLinkAbout0216_1909AN ORDINANCR PROHIBITING THIN RUNNING AT LARGE, WITHIN
THE CORPORATH LIMI9S OF THE CITY OF GEROGRTOWN, TBXAS, OF
HORSEBt MULES, JACKS, SERNETS, CATTLE, HOGS, GOATS, AND SHEEP
AND PROVIDING PENALTIES FOR THE VIOLATION OF THR SAMR, AND
PROVIDING FOR THII IMPOUNDING OF ANY SUCH STOCK SO FOUND
R UN N LNG AT LARGH .
B IT OJDAINED by the City Council of the City of
George own, exas.
Section 1. That if any person shall willfully turn out,
or cause to be turned out, within the corporate limits of the
City of Georgetown, Texas, on land not his own, -or under his
control, or on any street, alley or public place in said City,
any horees, mules, jacks, jennete, cattle, hogs, goats or
sheep, he shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon
conviction shall be fined in any sum not less than Five
Dollars nor more than Two Hundred Dollars.
Section 2. If the owner, or person in charge or control,
of any horses, mules, jacks, jennete, cattle, hogs, goats, or
sheep, shall knowingly permit such horses, mules, jacks,
jennete, cattle, hogs, goats or sheep, to run at large within
the corporate limits of the City of Georgetown, Texas, he shall
be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction shall
be fined in any sum not leas than Five Dollars and not more than
Two hundred dollars, and each and every day that such horses,
mules, jacks, jennete, cattle, hogs, goats or sheep, shall
thus be permitted to run at large shall constitute a distinct
and separate offensf,
Section 3. It shall be the d uty of the City Marshall to
take up and impound any horses, mules, jacks, jennete, cattle,
hogs, goats or sheep, found running at large within the corpor-
ate limits of this city, and to detain same until the fees
and expenses of such impounding and detention, as hereinafter
provided, and paid.
Section 4. Whenever any such stock is impounded as prov-
ided in Section 3 hereofp the marshal shall give prompt notice
thereof to the owner, or person in charge, of such stokk
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