Show AN ORDINANCE TO PREVENT THE SPREAD OF RABIES PROVIDING FOR THE quarantine inspection MUZZLING AND destruction OP OF AND PROVI PROVIDING DINGA A PENALTY FOR THE VIOLATION OF THIS ORDINANCE be it ordained by the board of county commissioners of piute diute coun county ay iy section 1 whenever the owner or any person having in castory or possession any dog shall have reason to believe that such a dog has rabies or has shown symptoms of rabies such owner or person shall immediately notify the board of health or its health officer to make inspection or examination of such animal and shall immediately confine such animal until such inspection or examination is made section 2 if it shall a appear to the board of health or its heal health geear officer upon such examination or inspection that a dog has rabies it shall be the duty of such officer to kill the same section 3 whenever any person shall be bitten by a dog the owner or person having the custody of such dog shall immediately confine such dog and keep the same confined for a period of ten days and shall notify the board of health or its health officer thereof ther cof and it t shall be the duty of the board of health or its health officer to make examinations of such dog within the said period of ten days as may be required to determine whether the dog has rabies and if it shall appear upon hufh such examinations that i such dog has rabies the same shall be immediately t killed section 4 whenever any animal shall be bitten by a dog having rabies the cowper owner or person having custody or possession assion of the animal so bitten shall upon being informed thereof either kill such animal forthwith or quarantine it and keep it tied up or confined fr for a period of ten days and the board ba ard of health or or its vealo officer shall hive have power ower in in his discretion to kill or quarantine any animal so bitten in case the owner or person having custody possession thereof shall fail to do so immediately or in ease case the owner or person having the custody thereof is hot readily accessible section 5 if it shall appear to the board of health that there is danger of the spread of rabies among dogs it shall be the duty of said board of health to make an and immediately give public botic that all dogs doga must be muzzled or confined in such a way as to prevent their being able to bite any other animal or person and thereupon it shall be the duty of every owner or person having the custody of any dog to confine or provide the same with a substantial buzzel ep proved by the board of health and to keep said dog confined or muzzled without eruption mt during the perica period covered by t alie le order and notice of the board a of health said notice may be given by publishing the same once in in a newspaper published in piute diute coun by posting in three conspicuous public places in said county said notice shall contain the order of board of health and shall require the muzzling or confining of all dogs within a period of not to exceed ten days from the date of publication or posting of such notice and to continue for such time as the board may in in its discretion determine section 6 if after the giving of the notice in section 4 provided for there shall be found within this city town or county any dog running at barg large e it shall be the duty of the health officer or other representative of the board of health to kill the same forthwith disposition of the carcasses of the dogs so killed shall be made by the board of health and at the of the city town or county 7 every person wh who shall oshall violate any of the provisions of this ordinance shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and v pan conviction thereof shall be fined in any sum not exceeding 00 or by imprisonment in the county jail not exceeding sixty days or by both such fine and im imprisonment r i son ment sect sections iona amo all ordinances r din ances a or pa parts arts of ordinances in conflict cherew herewith g are hereby repealed section 9 this ordinance shall tak take e effect ten days after its first or posting ALMA ALMA SAVAGE chairman danist DANIEL DAY JAMES corn com W IL LUKE cleak approved X 1916 |