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ORDINANCE NO. 11.
AN ORDINANCE CREATING A PUBLIC POUND FOR THE CITY OF WEST
UNIVERSITY PLACE; PRESCRIBING THE FEES FOR REDEMPTION OF
STOCK IMPOUNDED THEREIN; FIXING THE CHARGE FOR FEED AND CARE
OF JMPODNDED STOCK; PRESCRIBING THE NUMBER OF DAYS THAT STOCK
SHALL BE KEPT IN THE POUND' BEFORE BEING ADVERT ISED F OR SALE;
PROVIDING FOR THE ADVERTISING OF ALL IMPO UfIJ"DED STOCK FOR SALE
APTER A FIXED NUMBER OF DAYS; REPEALING ALL PRIOR ORDINANCES,
AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY.
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BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF WEST
UNIVERSITY PLACE:
Section 1.
That there is hereby created a . public pound for the
City of West University Place.
Section 2.
That the City Marshal of said City shall be master of
said pound and shall have full charge thereof, subject to the
ordinances of the city and to the supervision of the City
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Council.
Section 3.
That all animals which may be forbidden by ordinance of
the said city to run at large within the corporate limits of
said city, shall when found running at large, be impounded by
the city marshal or other police officer of said city.
Section 4.
That a pound fee of One Dol1al' and l"ifty Cents ($1.50)
shall be charged against 'each animal which may be impounded by
the city Barshal, and an additional charge of Fifty Cents ($.50)
shall be made against eac4 such animal for each day or part of
a day after the first day which such animal may be irnpounded.
Section 5.
That the city marshal or other police offic81' who may be
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. acting as pound master, shall deliver to the owner, after proper
,evidence of ownership, each animal impounded by him, provided
tha.,t such owner shall pay all charges which may have accrued
against such animal, as the same aI'e fixed in this or any other
ordinance of said c i t-;;l.
S e c t i on 6.
That, after the expiration of ten days after any animal
may have been impounded, if the owner of said animal shall not
have appeared and redeemed such animal, the city marshal shall
advertise the same for sale at public auction, on a date not
earlier than five days after the fir~t publication 'of such
advertisement. Each such advertisement shall describe the animal
to be sold as elearly as possible, shall name the date on which
such animal was impounded, shall state the amount of the pound
fees which have acc~ued against such animal, and shall name a
definite day and hour at which the same is to be sold. All
notices of sales of impounded animals shall be posted for the
full period of five days at some public place within the cor-
porate limits of s~id city, one of which places shall be the
city hall, another the, public p01,md, and the third shall be at
some place Which the city marshal may select.
Section 7.
At each sale of animals as provided for herein, the
city marshal shall sell for cash only and to the highest bidd~r
and s ball deliver' to the purchaser, 8. bill of sale in the name,
of the City of West Univers ity Place, which sal d bill of sale
shall have impressed thereon,' by the c1 ty clerk, the C011pol'ate
seal of said city, and shall be signed by both the city clerk
and the city marshal.
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Section 8.
That all prior ordinances covering nhe subject-matter
of this ordinance and all IH-ior ordinances or any parts thereof'
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that are in conflict herewith, be and the S9.1Tle are hereby
repealed.
Section 9.
The fact that certain original city ordinances are lost
or misplaced and/or there is conflict between ordinances and
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confusion concerning ordinances, creates an emergency and an
imperative public necessity, wherefore the second and third
readings of this ordinance are hereby suspended and this ordi-
nance shall become effective immediately upon its passage,
Passed and, approved
required by law.
this;2J't!:f
February, 1929.
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