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Show AN ORDINANCE RELATING TO DOGS Sec. 1". Be it ordained by the City Council of Salt Lake City, that it shall not be lawful for any person to own or keep a dog within tho limits of this City, without making application applica-tion to the City Recorder for that purpose, and Bhall pay to said Recorder, Recor-der, for the benefit of the City, an an-ual an-ual tax of three dollars. The Recorder Recor-der shall register the applicant's name and a description of the dog and give to said applicant a certificate of registry. regis-try. Any person found violating this section shall be liable to a fine in any 6um not less than three nor more than ten dollars for each offence. Sec. 2. All dogs so registered, shall wear a suitable collar with the own-ner's own-ner's name or initials of the same inscribed in-scribed thereon, together with the number corresponding with the certificate certi-ficate of registry, and all dogs found at large not registered and collared as aforesaid shall be liable to be killed Sec. 3. Any female dog found running at large while in heat, shall be liable to be killed, and the owner or possessor thereof to a fine in any sum not exceeding fifteen dollars. Sec. 4. Any owner or possessor of a dog permitting or suffering the same to enter or be in any place of worship during the public service, shall be liable to a fine in any sum not exceeding five dollars fur each "offence. Sec. 5. II any owner or possessor of a fierce, dangerous or mischiev-dog, mischiev-dog, permit the same to go at large, he shall be liable to be fined for the first offence in the sum of five dollars; for the second offence tho sum of ten dollars; and upon the third conviction convic-tion for the like offence shall pay fifteen dollars, and the city marshal shall immediately cause Baid dog to be killed. The said marshal is hereby here-by authorized to cause the destruction destruc-tion of) all dogs not registered according accord-ing to the provisions of this ordinance. Sec. 6. Any person who shall kill, or cause to bo killed, any dog registered register-ed as provided in this ordinance, without the consent of the owner or possessor thereof, or deprive a registered regis-tered dog of its collar, or put a col lar on any dog not registered, shall be liable to a tine in any sum not exceeding ex-ceeding twenty-five d.Jlars. Sec 7. This ordinance Bhall take effect from and alter the first day ol April next. Sec. 8. "An ordinance relating to dogs" passed April 27th, 1800, be and the same is hereby repealed. Dantkl H. Welu, Mayor, Rour. Campbell, City Recorder. This certifies that the f gE f foregoing is a true copy 1 : ' :j. iof the ordinance pass- , ed March 8th, A. D. 18(37. Given under my hand and the corporate cor-porate shu l of !"Ult Ltke City, tins 11th day of March, A. D, 1807. Rour. (Jamtbell, City Recorder , |