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ORDINANCE NO. 110
AN ORDINANCE PROVIDING
FOR A TAX UPON DOGS
AGAINST PERSONS WHO KEEP
THE SAME, AND PROVIDING
FOR THE IMPOUNDING, SELL
ING. KILLING, OR OTHER DIS
POSAL OF THE DOG IN CASE
THE TAX BE NOT PAID OR IN
CASE THE DOG BE VICIOUS OR
DANGEROUS TO LIFE OR
HEALTH OR OTHERWISE A
NUISANCE.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COM
MON COUNCIL OF THE TOWN
OF SEWARD, ALASKA:
Section 1. There is hereby lev
ied upon each and every dog
owned or kept within the corporate
limits of the town of Seward, Al
aska. and against the person who
owns or keeps the same, a tax for
each year or fraction thereof, com
mencing on the 1st day of July of
each year, as follows: Two and
a half Dollars ($2.50) for a male
dog and Five Dollars ($5.00) for a
female dog, said tax to be paid in
advance to the City Clerk; Pro
vided, that the tax for the cur
rent year shall be calculated for
the year commencing July 1, 1931, |
and ending June 30, 1932, and shall
be due and payable upon the date j
this ordinance takes effect as here- j
inafter provided.
Section 2. The City Clerk, upon
receiving said tax from the per
son owning or keeping any dog,
shall give to such person a receipt
for said tax so paid, together with
a metallic tag, which tag shall im
mediately be attached to a collar
around the neck of the dog and
shall be kept and displayed on
said collar on said dog at all times.
On said tag shall be stamped the
number of the registry of said dog
by said City Clerk, and the year
for which said dog was registered.
The City Clerk shall keep a book
;n which he shall register the num- <
ber of the tax and a description of ,
the dog, the date on which such |
tax was paid, and the name of the j
owner or keeper of said dog. The j
City Clerk shall pay to the City :
Treasurer all moneys received by j
him on account of such dog tax- j
es, which moneys shall be covered j
into the gneral fund of the town j
of Seward.
Section 3. It is hereby declared
unlawful for any dog upon which :
the tax has not been paid in ac
cordance with the provisions of j
this ordinance to run or be at j
large in any of the streets, alleys, j
squares, or public grounds or
places in the town of Seward, Al
aska, and any such dog found so
running or being at large shall be
impounded by the Chief of Police
or any other person designated by
the Common Council, in the dog
pound of the town of Seward,
which dog pound shall be under
the control and care of said Chief
of Police, and kept in said pound
for seven days, unless the owner or
keeper of such dog shall redeem
such dog within said period by
paying the charges thereon as
hereinafter provided. At the end
of said period of seven days, if
said dog has not been redeemed
as aforesaid, the Chief of Police
shall sell the same at either pub
lic or private sale for the best
price he can obtain, and in the
event said dog cannot be sold said
dog shall be killed or otherwise
disposed of under the direction of
the Law and Ordinance Committee
of the Common Council in such
manner and by such means as said
Committee in its discretion shall
deem best. The charge for im
pounding such dog shall be Two
Dollars ($2.00), and the charge for
keeping such dog in said pound
shall be One Dollar ($1.00) for
each day or fraction thereof, which
charges shall be paid in Ml be
fore such dog shall be released to
the owner or keeper thereof as
hereinafter provided. The prb^
ceeds derined from the sale of
impounded dogs, and from charges
paid for impounding and keeping j
dogs as aforesaid, shall be paid
to the City Clerk and by him paid
to the City Treasurer and covered
into the general fund of the town
of Seward.
Section 4. It is herby declared
unlawful for any vicious dog, or
any dog dangerous to life or health
j or otherwise a nuisance, to run j
j or be at large in any of the streets, j
j alleys, squares, or public grounds I
i or places in the town of Seward, i
Alaska, and any such dog found
so running or being at large may
be impounded, sold, killed, or
otherwise disposed of under the
direction of the Law and Ordinance
Committee of the Common Council,
in such manner and by such means
as said Committee shall deem best
for the public good.
Section 5. Any dog over the
age of two months shall be con- I
sidered a dog for the purposes of !
this ordinance.
Section 6. All ordinances or
parts of ordinances in conflict I
with the provisions of this ordi- j
nance are hereby repealed to the
extent of such conflict.
Section 7. This ordinance shall
take effect and be in force on the
Tenth day after its passage and:
approval, and shall be published ,
once in the Seward Daily Gateway, j
Passed under suspension of the ]
rules, and approved, this 15th day j
of June, 1931.
A. D. BALDERSTON, j
City Clerk.
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Approved this 15th day of June,
1931.
D. C. BROWNELL, Mayor.
WILL UNDERGO OPERATION l
Truman Parrish, business man
of Kenai, formerly of Anchorage,
who, with Mrs. Parrish and daugh
ter arrived in the city on the last
steamer from Seldovia, has en
tered the Seward General Hospital
for an operation by Dr. A. D. Hav
erstock.
The Seward Fisheries plant re
sumed packing operations today.
Ample red salmon have been avail
able but cans were lacking; these
arrived Tuesday from Seattle on
the SS Admiral Watson.
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