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Show arian under the direction of such Public Health Officer. The vaccine used shall be approved by such Public Health Officer and the Veterinarian's Association. Associa-tion. Section 3. The provisions of this ordinance shall not apply to non-residents having dogs under restraint within the County Coun-ty less than fifteen days. Section 4. Every person keeping, keep-ing, owning, maintaining or harboring har-boring a dog required to be vaccinated by this ordinance shall keep a tag securely attached at-tached to the body of such dog at all times, such tag to be of such type as the Board of County Coun-ty Commissioners may prescribe. pre-scribe. Application for such tag shall be made to the Beaver County Sheriff, or any of his deputies, together with the prescribed pre-scribed fee and a certificate of vaccination, issued by such Health Officer or licensed veterinarian, vet-erinarian, certifying that the dog therein described has been vaccinated as required by this ordinance within three years theretofore; whereupon, the County Sheriff is authorized and Section 8. If any part of this Oidinance shall be held unconstitutional uncon-stitutional or void, such part shall be deemed severable from the other part, and tlle invalidity invali-dity thereof shall not affect the remaining parts of this ordinance. ordin-ance. Section 9. Every person violating violat-ing any of the provisions of this ordinance shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be punished pun-ished by a fine in any amount less than $300.00, or by imprisonment impris-onment in the Beaver County Jail for a period of not to exceed ex-ceed six months or by both such fine and imprisonment. Section 10. This ordinance shall become effective on the 1st day of February, 1965. Passed this 7th day of December, Dec-ember, 1964. s Howard J. Pryor Chairman of the Board of County Commissioners of Beaver County, Utah. ATTEST: C. Victor Smith Beaver County Clerk Commissioners voting for the foregoing ordinance: Eugene H. Mayer, Hyrum L. Lee, Howard J. Pryor. Commissioners voting against the foregoing ordinance: None. ORDINANCE NO. 97 AN ORDINANCE PROVIDING I FOR THE VACCINATION OF , DOGS KEPT WITHIN BEAVER COUNTY AND PRESCRIBING PENALTY FOR VIOLATION . .THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF THE COUNTY OF BEAVER ORDAINS OR-DAINS AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. It shall be unlawful unlaw-ful for any person to keep, own, maintain or harbor any dog over six months of age within Beaver County unless it shall have been vaccinated as hereinafter set forth and within 3 years next prior to the time that such dog is so kept, owned maintained or harbored; provided, however, . that this requirement shall not I apply to dogs which are kept, owned, maintained or harbored within the limits of an incorporated incorpor-ated city or town where the vaccination vac-cination of dogs for rabies is required under ordinance of such city or town. Section 2. The vaccination of a dog shall be accomplished by an inoculation with anti-rabies vaccine, having an effective immunity im-munity of at least three years, and administered under the direction di-rection of a Public Health Officer Of-ficer of Beaver County, or a Public Health Officer of any incorporated city or town within with-in Beaver County, or a Public Health Officer of the State of Utah or by a licensed veterin- directed to issue a tag for such dog. The certificates of vaccination vaccina-tion shall be kept on file by the sheriff or by such other officer as the Board of County Commissioners shall hereafter designate. The fee for such tag shall be in such amount as the Board of County Commissioners may from time to time prescribe. pre-scribe. In case a tag after issuance is-suance is lost or destroyed, another an-other tag may b? issued upon payment of the required f3f. Section 5. Anyone having knowledge of the whereabouts of an animal known to have or suspected of having rabies shall report the facts immediately immedi-ately to the County Sheriff of Beaver County. The County Sheriff shall likewise be notified noti-fied of any person or ai.inial bitten by a rabid or suspected rabid animal. .. Section 6. Every dog or other animal which has been bitten by or exposed to, any animal suspected sus-pected to have been infected with rabies shall be forthwith seized and taken by the County Sheriff and securely and seper-stely seper-stely impounded and not permitted per-mitted to run at large. All such animals shall be immediately vaccinated regardless of previous previ-ous vaccination and quarantined in a suitable place or at a licensed veterinarian hospital for a period of fourteen days. It shall be the duty of the County Coun-ty Sheriff to notify the Public Health Officer of every such animal impounded. If, after observation ob-servation under the supervision of the Public Health Officer for such period, any such animal is adjudged free of rabies, the owner may reclaim the animal, upon payment of the regular keeping fees and the cost of the vaccination. In the event that any animal under quarantine is diagnosed as being rabid, it shall be disposed of only under the orders and direction of the Public Pub-lic Health Officer in his absolute ab-solute discretion. Section 7. A dog which is known to have bitten or injured any person, so at to cause an abrasion of the skin or a suspected sus-pected rabid dog, shall be placed in confinement under the observation obser-vation of a veterinary hospital or suitable pound, and shall not be killed or released until at least 14 days after the onset of symptoms suggestive of rabies. ra-bies. Any animal of a species subject to rabies that has bitten a person shall likewise be confined con-fined and observed for at least 14 days. Under no circumstances should a dog or other animal suspected of having rabies which has bitten a person or other animal be killed. Such animal shall be impounded and held for observation for a period per-iod of 14 days after which the animal must be disposed of in an appropriate manner or if a dog, vaccinated before release, in accordance with this ordinance. ordin-ance. If an animal dies or has been killed, a report thereof shall immediately be made to the health officer and the head shall be immediately removed and transported to the State Department of Health for study and for examination for rabies. |
