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e e -2- within such stock limits is hereby declared to be a nuisance and shall be unlawi'ul. SECTION 2. The term lito rtUl at large" or "running at large" as used in this ordinance includes any animal whatsoever whioh may be staked, tied or hobbled in any manner within the limits defined, in suo~ ~ler as to ~llow such animals to go or get upon the adjacent sidewalk or, when not in use, upon the street. SECTION 3. It shall be the dut,}r of the City j'iIarshal 'l;~ establish a public pound in the City, at such place as may be designated by the City Council, where all anirr!8.ls of the above description found running at large in violation of 'che flbove precodin.?; sections shall be reoei'lred and taken oare of. It shall be the dut-.f of the Cit-.r Marshal to cause all horses, mules, jacks, jemlErcs, ca:ctle, sheep, goats and hogs found running at large within the limits mentioned in Section L cOlltrar-.( to the pro- visions of the preceding sec'cions to be gathered and impounded in the public pound, and the City Marshall shall sell. 'the same at public 3,uction for ca3h, first giving five days' notioe of the time, terms and place of sale,in some daily newspaper published in the Cr~ of La Porte, and by notioe placed at the court house door of Harris County and a'b said public pound, describing the animal impounded, and tha'c 'a fee of f~ cents shall be oharged for eaoh a.ni:ll1al impounded, and all fees collected shall be re- mitted to the Cit-.r Assessor and Collector, or to the City Treasurer, as may be provided by ordinance. SECTION 4,. The ovmer of any animal or animals impounded, as provided for in the preceding section, may redeem the same as follo~: (1.) BEFORE SOLD--~.r paying seventy-five cencs for taking up and keeping, ~ld the offioer's fee of fi~i cents for impounding the soone, together with' the 75 cents per day for the feed or care of such ani-mals. (2.) AFTER SOLD--Dy paying to the purchaser double the amount bid by him for such animal or animals, and his reasonable expenses for keeping the same; pravided the owner redeems said animal, as hereul pro- vided, within thirty days after the date of sale, otherwise said animal to become the absolute property of the purohaser_ SECTION 5- If at the time of the sale no purchaser can be found for aDf of the animals impowlded under the provisions of the preceding sections, the City Marshal shall kill all suoh animals, or cause them to be killed, and shall deposit the oarcasses in such place as may be desig- nated for such matter. (' , (~ l ) \ / I r \1