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.".. ...,.. oJ' """'....."" ... ~ ~"";.:.\.. o:~. -:'4" ",1 I' 'r R' ( . , f I. ", ,If"" .., ~i V r S \ , e ORDINANCE NO. 371 AN ORDINANCE REGULATING THE KEEPING OF DOGS IN THE CITY OF LA PORTE; PROVIDING FOR A LICENSE AND TAX; PROVIDING FOR THE VACCINATION OF DOGS; PROVIDING FOR A DOG POUND; PROVIDING FOR THE RED~~PTION OF DOGS AND THE DISPOSAL THEREOF IF NOT REDEEMED; 4ID PROVIDING THAT ANY PERSONS VIOLATING ANY PROVISION OF THIS ORDINANCE SHALL BE DEmiED GUILTY OF A MISDEMEANOR AND UPON CONVICTION SHALL BE FINED IN hNY SUM NOT EXCEEDING $100.00. ~.... ~ .. ~ BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF LA PORTE, TEXAS: '" Section 1. That there is hereby levied and assessed up- on each dog, male or female, kept or owned within the City of La Porte, Texasg an annual tax of $1.00 each, which tax is to be due and payable on the 1st day of May, of each year, and it is hereby made the duty of the owner or keeper of any dog to pay .over to the City Clerk, or his duly authorized agent, the said tax on or before the 1st day of May of each year. Section 2. That the City Clerk shall collect, or have collected under supervision, all dog taxes and the City may employ a special officer to be known as "Dog Catcher" whose duty shall be to carry out the terms and provisions of this Ordinance, and the City Clerk shall be authorized to pay to the Dog Catcher a com- mission on all dogs impounded not to exceed the sum of $1.50 per e head. e Section 3. Upon the payment of said tax, the City Clerk or his duly authorized agent, shall furnish the owner or keeper of said dog or dogs with a tag on which is stamped the number of registration and with the year for which tax is paid, which tag. the owner or keeper shall attach to a, collar securely fastened around the neck of such dog, and no dog shall be allowed ,~ to run at large without the proper tag attached to the collar around the neck of said dog. In no event shall the City Clerk or his duly authorized agent issue a license tag to any owner ~. or keep,Et;r..~f ,a--dog-un"less and until such owner or keeper shall furnish a vaccination ..ce'rti-ricate~-s,~ued by a licenses veterin- arian stating that such dog or dogs have been vaccinated against rabies by him. Section 4. All dogs within the City of La Porte, Texas, are hereby required to be vaccinated against rabies by some li-