HomeMy WebLinkAboutORD NO 371 ORDINANCE NO o~
AN ORDINANCE ESTABLISHING A PUBLIC
POUND: PRE~RIBING THE POV~RS AND DUTIES
OF THE POUND-KEEPER: FIXING TI-I~ FEES TO
BE COLLECTED BY HIM, AND THE DISPOSITION
OF THE SA~, AND PROVIDING A PENALTY FOR
THE VIOLATION OF CERTAIN PORTIONS HEI:~OF.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE coUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BAKERSFIELD,
as follows:
SECTION 1. A public pound is hereby authorized, and established in the
City of Bakersfield and the same shall be located at a convenient
place within the corporate limits of said City.
SECTION 2. The pound-keeper shall take and have charge of the City
pound and shall take and impound all animals found at large upon
any street, sidewalk, lane, alley or other public or uninclosed
place within the City of Bakersfield, except dogs duly registered
for the time being. He shall discharge such other duties as the
Council may in this or other Ordinances from time to time prescribe,
and shall receive in compensation therefor, a monthly salary in
such sum as may be fixed by the Salary Ordinance of said City.
SECTION 3. It shall be the duty of the pound-keeper to register each
year, in a book kept for that purpose, all dogs in this City, charg-
ing and collecting therefor the following sums:
For e~ch female dog, ~ ~ ~ Dollars.
For each male dog, ~ -- Dollars.
Upon the payment of such fee the said pound-keeper shall
enter in a book kept for that purpose, to be known and designated
as the "Dog Register Book", a description sufficient to identify
such dog, with the name of the owner, and number and date of regis-
tration, and he shall then deliver to the person making such .pay-
ment, a met~zl tag with the number and year thereof stamped or cut
thereon, and the words "Dog Tag ~, City of Bakersfield" stamped there-
on, and such tag, while it is attached to the collar upon t~ ,neck
of such dog, shall exempt same from being impounded during the year
designated on said tag, except as herein provided for vicious or
dangerous dogs r~nning at large,
SECTION 4. Any animal found trespassing upon any private enclosure in
the City of Bakersfield, may be taken up by the party owning such
enclosure, or his agent, and committed to the pound-keeper, who
shall hold same subject to reasonable demands for damages in addi-
tion to the fees prescribed in this Ordinance.
SECTION 5. The pound-keeper shall keep a true and faithful record of
the number and description of all animals taken into his custody,
with the date of their impounding ~nd the date and manner of their
disposition, and shall keep conspicuously posted at the entrance of
the pound, s, list of animals detained therein. He shall provide
the necessary subsistence for animals while in his custody and shall
not alter, nor suffer to be altered, any mark or brand thereon, and
shall not suffer cruel treatment thereof.
SECTION 6. All s~imals, excepting dogs, taken into the custody of the
pound-keeper, if not reclaimed within twenty-four hoars thereafter,
may be sold by the pound-keeper, after giving at least three (3)
days' notice, of such sale.
SECTION 7. The notice Shall describe the animal and shall state the
time and place of sale, and shall be posted up in three (3) public
places in the City, one of which notices shall be posted at the
entrance of the pound. At the time advertised, the pound-keeper
shall sell all of the animals so advertised, at public auction,~-to
the highest bidder, for cash. The proceeds of such sale shall be
....... immediately paid by the pound-keeper to-the ~Treasurer of the Ci-t-y
of Bakersfield, who shall, after first deducting the fees and
charges, pay' over the surplus proceeds to the owner of such animal
sold, upon a warrant ordered by the City Council, if claimed within
. ..~ months thereafter.
SECTION 8. The owner or person entitled to the control of any animal
impounded, may at any time before the sale or other disposition
thereof, redeem same by paying the pound-keeper all fees and
charges thereon, and if a dog, by paying the fee for registration
thereof, in addition, if not paid..
SECTION 9. The pound-keeper shall charge and collect the following
fees and charges from persons redeeming animals taken up or
pounded:
For taking up and impounding any animal excepting dogs,
the s~m of Two Dollars ($2.00).
For keeping every animal, per day, Fifty Cents ($ .50).
A commission of twenty per cent (20~) on all sales.
SECTION 10. All persons owning or having under their control, vicious
or dangerous dogs, shall keep same securely enclosed. The pound-
keeper is i~ereby required to seize, take and carry to the public
pound all such vicious and dangerous'dogs found running at large
also 'all female dogs in heat - at any time in any of the streets
or any pmbilic or unincloeed place within the City of Bakersfield,
with or without tags,
SECTION 11. The pound-keeper shall keep all dogs taken up by him for
two (2) da,ys thereafter, and if redeemed, is entitled to charge
and receive in addition to the tax hereinafter provided for, One
Dollar ($1.00) for each dog, .provided, however, that he may charge
Five Dollars ($5.00) for the redemption of a vicious or danger-
ous dog, or female .dog in heat, the first time s~ch dog is taken
up, and T~re~nty-five Dollars ($25.00) for each and every' time there-
after, that such dog is taken up. If any dog be not redeemed with-
in two (2) days, he shall.destroy it, provided, 'however, tl~at vic-
iou~ and dangerous dogs may be destroyed at any time aft.er
without further charge to the City.
SECTION 12. The pound,keeper, at the first regular meeting in every
month, shall render to the City Council, under oath, a fmll, true
and correct list of all animals and dogs impounded by him, together
with the dates when the same were impounded, redeemed, sold or des-
troyed, together with a statement of all moneys received by him for
redemption of dogs and paid into the City Treasury.
SECTION 13. No 'person shall resist, object to or prevent the pound-
keeper or ~ay of his assistants in the exercise of his duties as
such. Any person who shall violate any of the provisions of this
Section shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and on conviction
thereof, shall be punishable by a fine of not less than Five Dollars
($5.00), nor more than One Hundred Dollars ($100.00), or by im-
prisonment in the County Jail for not less than five (5) days nor
more than fifty (50) days,or by both such fine and imprisonment.
SECTION 14. Ail dogs for or upon which a dog license tax has been-paid
for the yes,r of 1918, shall be exempt from any farther fee for
registration until the expiration of said year 1918.
SECTION 15. Whenever any animal i s taken up for impounding, which by
reason of age, diseaae or other infirmity, is unfit for farther use,
or dangeroL~s to be kept impounded, the pound-keeper shalI within
twenty-four (24) hours thereafter, destroy such animal, upon exami-
nation and recomendation of the City Health Officer, or any respon-
sible Veterinary surgeon, but no charge therefor shall be made
against the City.
SECTION 16. Ordinances No. 6, No. 25, and No. 308, and all Ordinances
.......... and-parts of Ordinances in conflict herewith, .are hereby ~repealed.
I hereby certify that the foregoing Ordinance was passed
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by the Coancil of the City of Bakersfield, on the 22nd day of April,
1918, by the following vote: ,~i~;~.;
'C'i tM cie erk ol~ the '
0ounoil Sf the C~/of Bakersfield.
APPROVED this 22nd day o~f April, 1918.
~ayor Off ~t~e ~ity of Bakersfiel'~'.