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HomeMy WebLinkAbout0241_0025AN ORDINANCE PROVIDING FOR THN TAGGING AND REGISTRATION OF :DOGS WITHIN THE CITY OF GEORGETOWN, TEXAS, AND PROHIBITING DOGS FROM HABITUALLY RUIPIING AT LARGE WITHIN SAID CITY, AND PROVIDING FOR THH IMPOUNDING OF DOGS FOUND HABITUALLY RUNNING AT LARGR IN SAID CITYt ARID FIXING PENALTIES FOR VIOLATION OF SAID ORDINANCE. BB IT ORDAIlISD by the City Council of the City of Georgetown, Texast Section 1. That the owner# keeper, or person in charge or control: of any dog within the City of Georgetown, Texasp shall within ten days after this ordinance goes into effect, and annu- ally thereafter, register such dog with the Assessor and Collector of the City of Georgetown, Texasp and such officer shall record in a book kept for that purpose the name of the owner of such dog and the name of the dog and the date when such is registered, and the number of the tag issued as hereinafter provided, and upon the payment of One Dollar to said Assessor and Collector by the owner„ keeper, or person in charge or control of such dog, a metal tag upon which shall be engraved or stamped the number of such tag, and the year for which it is issued and which reg- istration and tag shall hold good until the first day of August of each next succeeding year. Such tag shall be securely attach- ed to a secure collar to be worn by such dog. In the event such tag is lost then such owner, keeper or person in charge or control of such dog shall procure from said Assessor and Col- lector another tag upon the payment of the actual cost of such tag, and the number of such subsequent tag shall be entered in such book above provided for. Such tags shall be numbered con- secutively commencing with number one each year. Any regis- tration and tagging as above provided for shall hold good only from the time of such registration and tagging until the let, day August next after the date of registration and tagging. Section 2. Any person owning,' keeping, or in charge or control of any dog within the City of Georgetown, who shall fail or refuse to have such dog registered and tagged shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction snail be fined in any sum not 3e s than One Dollar and not more than Two Hundred Dollars, and each and every day that such failure or refusal continues shall constitute a distinct and separate offense.