Show ORDINANCE an ordinance to prevent the spread of Ral rabiaa hoes providing for the notice antine inspection muzzling and distraction dist ruction of dog the board of county commission ors ers of the county of iron ordains a aa follow see sec 1 whenever the owner or any person having I 1 in custody or nos possession session any dog shall have reason to believe that such dog be has rabies or has shown symptoms sym of rabies such owner or person shall dimmed lately request the board of health or its ita health officers to make inspect tion or examination of such animal and shall immediately confine such animal until such inspection or examination la is made see sec 2 if it t a shall a appear to the board of health or its ita health car upon such examination or in spec spectrum tum that a dog has hag rabies it shall be the duty of said board or health officer to kill the same and order the disposition of its carcass see sec 3 whenever any person shah shaf be bitten by a dog the owner or person having the custody of such log shall immediately confine sum suca log and keep the same confined for a period of 10 days and shall citify the board of health or its health officer aicer thereof and it shall be the duty of the board of health or its health officer to such examination of such within the said pe period in ad of 10 days as may be required to determine whether the dog has haa rabies and if it shall appear on such examination that such dog has haa rabies it shall ahall be immediately killed see 4 whenever any animal shall be bitten by a dog or coyote having rabies the owner or person having buying custody of the animals so a bitten shall upon bing b ing informed thereof either kill such animal forthwith or a quarantine it and keep it tied up and confined for a period of 30 days davs and the board ot at health or its health officer shall have power in their di bation to kill or tine any animal so ao bitten in case the owner or person having custody posse possession ore thereof fail to do so immediately or in case the owner or person having cus custody crustily tily thereof is not readily accessible see sec 5 if it shall appear to the board of health that there is a danger of the spread of rabies among amon dogs it shall be the duty of said board of health to make an order and immediately give public notice that all dogs must be muzzled or confined in such a way as to prevent their being able to bite any other an imal 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 muzzle approved by the board a of f hea health J th and t to a keep said dog confined or muzzled without intermission only when necessary to feed during the period covered by the order and notice of the board of health said notice may be given by publishing the same once in any newspaper having circulation in the county or in any manner that may be mose effectual in the disere tion him of the board said notice shall contain the order of the board of health and shall require the roma ling bag or confining of all dogs within a period of not to exceed 10 days clays from the date of publication of uch luch notice and to continue fir auch ach time as the board may in its discretion determine see sec 6 if aft after giving the notice in the last proceeding section there shall be found within n t this b 1 s county any dog or d doga 0 g 3 running at large it shall hall be the duty of the health officer or other representative of the board of health to kill the same bame forthwith disposition Du position of the carcasses of dogs so a killed shall be made ad bs the board of health or any representative thereof and at the expense exper see of the county unless otherwise arranged see sec 7 in the enforcement of the provisions of this ordinance all public officers of the town city or coun ty in their proper capacity are hereby commanded ani enjoined to be as slat t the said board of hai H health ai th when whan aion on requires 8 the provisions of this ordinance shall apply within the 1 limits I of iron county state of utah and outside the limits of incorporated cities and towns see sec 9 this thia ordinance Ondi Ored nance irence shall take effect and be in force on and after the day of march A D 1917 passed by the board of county cimms commissioners loners of iron county state of utah this thia ath day of march A D 1917 commissioners henry W lunt wm win P barton and wm win lund being present presen t and voting therefore seal H W LUNT attest chairman W WARNER MITCHELL clerk CI SEWS ERKS certificate state of utah county of iron I 1 W warner mitchell mitchel county clerk of iron county state of utah do her hen by certify that the foregoing fore goin is 13 a true and correct copy of an ordinance entitled an ordinance to prevent the spread of rabies provi prove ding for the quarantine inspection muzzling and destruction of dogs as the same was passed by the board of county commissioners of iron county state of utah at the regular meeting of said board on march sib 1917 and that all ment mem here bera of said board were present and voted IN WITNESS WHEREOF I 1 have bay hereunto set my hand and affixed the official seal of said county this ath day of march A D 1917 seal W WARNER MITCHELL county clerk |