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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1943-01 04-15 AP Ordjnauce `No. of t (This form complies with §§ 10935, 10936, M. M. i. 1927, as amended by L. 39, C. 128) AN ORDI1'J NiCE <RELATIYG TO DOGS; RICIAI T fOF. DOGS, PROVIDIfiliC AX - TREON - AND PRESCRIBI G A PENALTY -; FOR VIOLIATI N .THEREOF # #e Am-Imola % •a a The Village Council of Brooklyn ss, Center do ordain as follows: Section 1. Dog Tax. An annual COUNTY OF 's / ' 2 /i.7)!/ // / tax of Two . dollars ($2.00) for each male dog and three dollars ($3.00) for each female or spayed female dog irrespective of age is hereby ' , ' i' levied upon all persons, firms, or t ✓ Y being duly sworn, on oath corporationss, owning, keeping or • _ ` says; that h s, and during all the times helein stated has been harboring a dog or dogs within the limits of this village. the publisher of the newspaper known as Section 2. Payment of Tax. It THE OSSEO PRESS, and has full knowledge of the facts hereinafter stated; that shall be the duty of each owner, 1 keeper or harborer of dog or dogs for more than one y prior to the ,y hee pub 'cation therein of the to pay the tax imposed in Section 1 hereof to the village recorder for ..2 p- the general revenue fund of the village on or before the first day of January in each and every year thereafter, or upon acquiring own- ership or possession of any dog or hereinafter described, said newspaper was printed and published in the VILLAGE upon establishing residence in the village. The recorder shall cause a of OSSEO, in the County of HENNEPIN, State of. Minnesota, on_____ ft/46041100_ notice of the necessity of paying such of each week; that during all said time said newspaper has been printed ir:ls'the ; a tax to be printed in an official English language from its known office of publication within the VILLAGE from ' newspaper once within thirty (30) days after passage of this ordinance. which it purports to be issued as above stated in newspaper format and in column Section 3. Tags: Receipt. Upon and sheet form equivalent in space to at least 450 running inches of single column, payment of said tax, the recorder two inches wide; has been issued ONCE each week from a known office established shall execute a duplicate receipt, the in said place of publication and employing skilled workmen and equipped with the original i the given to the taxpayer necessary material for preparing and printing the same and the presswork on that and retain the duplicate. He shall Y p p g p g p also procure a sufficient number of part of the newspaper devoted to local news of interest to the community which it suitable numbered tags and lettered purports to serve, was done in its known office of publication; that during all said substantially and deliver one appro- time in its makeup not less than twenty -five per cent of its news columns have been dog u pon which a tax is paid. tag to such taxpayer for each dog upon devoted to local news of interest to the community it purports to serve; that during Section 4. Duty of Owner. It all said time it has not wholly duplicated any other publication, and has not been shall be the duty of the person re- entirely made up of patents, plate matter and advertisements; has been circulated ceiving a tag or tags as provided in in and near its said place of publication to the extent of at least two hundred and Section 3 hereof to cause said tag or forty regularly delivered to paying subscribers and has entry as tags to be affixed by a permanent Y( 24 0 (240) copies g ularl Y p Y g metal fastener to the collar of the second class matter in its local postoffice; and that there has been on file in the office dog upon which the tax is paid in of the County Auditor of Hennepin County, Minnesota, the affidavit of a person such a manner that said tag may be having knowledge of the facts, showing the name and location of said newspaper easily seen by the officers of the and the existence of the conditions constituting its qualifications as a legal newspaper. village, and it shall be the further duty of such taxpayer to see that That the CLIPPING hereto attached was cut from the columns of said news - said tag is constantly worn by such dog. paper, and was printed and published therein in the English language, once each Section 5. Duty of Marshal. Thir- ty days after the taking effect of week, for 0-/-7,..C. suzeeesiroe-weekT; that it was first o published this ordinance and on and after the ��jj���, ®'` -� c first day of February of each year on 9a t!t't'.Y�^' y _ - the l ..1 day of r; /�s"t_.r 19X` —? thereafter, it shall be the duty of the and thereafter on - iii each week to and including the village marshal and each regular and special deputy marshal to take up _ __ - - - 1 and impound any dogs found at large day of - - -' 19 - aria That the in the village without tags provided following is a printed copy of the lower case alphabet from A to Z, both inclusive, for in Section 3 hereof. and is hereby acknowledged as being the size and kind of type used in the composi- Section 6. Notice of Impound- tion and publication of said notice, to -wit: ing. Upon taking up and impounding any dog as provided in Section 5, the village marshal shall immediately uei FLi ci mnopeis,uvw.�z post in three or more conspicuous abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz places in the village a notice of im_ g J pgrstuvwxyz �, .+ pounding in substantially the follow - ,;i'` ', /' . �"„L- e OTICE OF IMPOUNDED DOGS y r = -- -'°� l` Dated ,19__ -_ 4- _' To Whom It May Concern: Subscribed and sworn to before me this day of_,.:1__ 1 I have this day taken up and , impounded in the pound of the L>�f village at St. a Notary Public, VtRGIL E . ZIEf A t Minn. dog answering to the following ,' ry , Minn. Y� descri rY Public, Osseo, Henn. Co., Breedption: Sex Color A M commission ex € 1 P pines Aprii } 947 : -' proximate Age Name of owner Notice is hereby given that un- less the dog is claimed and re- deemed on or before o'clock ____ M., on the day of , 194___, the same I will be killed or sold as pro- s vd by ordinance. Signed Village Marshall I � 1 The date of sale Or day after the killing said boring any female dogs to allow the Section 20. Penalty. Any person, same to run at large within the - ail- firm or corporation dog shaleb the a oration convicted of vio- posting of said t he fifth id notice unless said date g p falls -.on Sunday or holiday, in lage while in heat and the marshal' lating any of the provisions of Sec- which case it shall be the following and his deputies are hereby author tion 2, 4, 13, 14, 15, 16, 18 or 19. day. ized and directed to take up and ' of this ordinance shall be deemed' Section 7, Redeeming Dogs. Any impound such female dogs, where- guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be dog may be redeemed frog the pound ever found, whether licensed or not, punished by fine of not less than five by the owner or keeper irn. the and to release said dugs when li- dollars ($5.00) and not more than time stated in the notice by the pay- censed only upon the order of the fifty dollars ($54.00) and costs of ment to the recorder of the tax er village .council. prosecution and in default of = pay- the current year with a pounds a Section 14. When unlawful' to rnent of fine and costs he shall be fee of $1.00 dollar, and 25c p harbor dogs. It shall be unlawful confined In the village or County day for each day said dog is con to harbor any dog within the limits of jail .until said fine and costs are fined in said pound as the cost of the village upon which the tax for the satisfied as provided by law. , - feeding. I current year has not been paid, pro- Section 21. Effective. This, or, Section 8: Release from pound: vided, that this section shall not ap- dinance shall be in full force and ef- for dog tax for the current year and a ly to dogs owned by non - residents feet from and after its passage and Upon the presentation of a receipt of the village provided they are not publication acccediag to law. for the fees provided in Section 7 allowed to remain in the village long.- Passed the viilage this : -10th. thereof, and a current license tag, er than twenty -four hours. day of April, 1943�_• .,._ S ection 15. Breakin _ °: 4 ""LANE; the marshal shall release to any own- g Pound. It er or keeper presenting the same dog t shall be unlawful for any unauthor- PYegident' of : the! or clogs claimed by him. ized person to break open the pound Village Council: r or attempt to do so, or to take or Attest: - f,,- Section cti cti on 9. tag is Duplicate licate tags. In case one duplicate may let out an y dogs therefrom, or to W. C. PETER, take or attempt to take from ally_ Village Recorder. be issued by the recorder upon pre - officer any dog taken by him in con- Published in The. Osseo Press sentation of a receipt showing the pliance with this ordinance or in April 1,5, 1943. payment of the tax for the current any manner to interfere with or hin- , year. A charge of One dollar ($1.00) der such officer in the discharge of i shall, be. made_ .o . 11 _duplicate tax.. , his duty under this ordinance. Section 10. Compensation to Section 16. Counterfeiting tags. - Poundkeeper. The impounding fee It shall be unlawful to counterfeit or $1.00 dollar for each v dog and the attempt to counterfeit the tags pro - 25c per day for feeding the Caine vided for in Section 3 of this ordi- shall be paid to the poundkeeper nance or take from any dog a tag monthly as compensation for his ser- legally placed upon it by its owner vices under this ordinance upon pre- with the intent to place it on another sentation of a proper claim by him dog. ■ audited by the recorder and allowed Section 17. Tags not transfer - by the council. able. Dog tags shall not be trans - Section 11. Killing dogs: Sale. ferable and no refunds shall be made Any dog which is not claimed as nro- on any dog tax paid because of vided in Section 7 within five days leaving the village or death of the after impounding shall be disposed dog before the expiration of license of by the poundkeeper, who shall be period. allowed from the general fund 50c Section 18. Muzzling Proclama- for each dog killed and buried as tion. The president of the Council .is compensation for his services upon_ hereby authorized, and it is hereby presentation of a proper claim audit- made his duty, whenever in his ed by the recorder and allowed by opinion the danger to the public from the council, or if any person othe>s rabid dogs is imminent, to issue a than the owner desires to purchase proclamation ordering all persons, such dog the poundkeeper may sell firms, or corporations - owning, keep- him for not less than the amount pro- ing, or harboring a dog or dogs with- vided in Section 7 hereof, and all in the village of Brooklyn Center to sums received above the costs and confine the same securely on their tax shall be held by the recorder for premises unless a wire muzzle com- the benefit of the owner and if not pletely enclosing the head of such claimed in one year such funds shall dog is placed on said dog and kept be placed in the general fund of upon it all the time it is at large. the village. It is hereby made unlawful to violate Section 12. Pound Establi.�;h A 1 such proclamation and the marshal village pound is hereby established is hereby authorized and instructed for the purpose of placing this ordi -1 to kill any dog running at large dur- nance in effect. The marshal' shall ing the time fixed in said proclama- be the poundkeeper and shall attend tion without muzzle, without notice to the construction and maintenance to the owner. of such pound, presenting a proper Section 19. Restraint of dogs. claim to the council monthly for the The poundkeeper or marshal is here - necessary expenses which he may by authorized and it is hereby made incur in so doing, which claim shall his duty to order the owner of a be audited by the recorder and, if dog which has bitten any human be- allowed by the council, paid by the ing or domestic animal to keep said treasurer. dog tied up securely for a period Section 13. Female Dogs. It shall of fourteen (14) days after said be unlawful for any person, firm, or biting of a human being or domestic animal, when in the opinion of said corporation owning, keeping or liar- p g' p g )noundkee er or p marshal the dog may I be afflicted with rabies and that t for the protection of the public such tying up of said dog is necessary.