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HomeMy WebLinkAboutBy-law 1830B Y- L A W N U M B E R 1 8 9 0. of the Corporation of the Township of Pickering. A By-law to appoint a DOG-CATCHER, to establish a POUND, and regulations required in connection w h e same. WHEREAS it is considered necessary to appoint a DOG-CATCHER, to provide G POUND and to provide proper regulations in connect on therewith. THEREFORE the Council of the Corporation of the Township of Pickering ACID T3 as follows 1. THAT Clifford Schwalm be and he is hereby appointed Dog-Catcher J' for the Township of Pickering. 2. THAT the salary of the said Dog-Catcher shall be Three-hundred Dollars ($300.00) per year, payable quarterly, and that he shall receive seven cents (7g) per mile for the use of his car when on CIO Township business. 3. (1) THAT the said Dog Catcher shall provide a Dog Pound located in his present barn in south half of Lot number 32 of the First Concession of the Township of Pickering. The manner in which the CA? dogs are kept and attended to in the said building shall be as specified by the Sanitary Inspector or as may be directed by the Board of Health. (2) The pound to be open daily between the hours of six p.m* and eight p.m., prevailing time, for receiving or delivering of dogs. LE. (1) That all dogs found by the said Dog-Catcher running at large on public or private property not owned by the owner of the said dogs and dogs not under control of any person, may be lodged in the Dog Pound by the said Dog-Catcher, and he shall feed and water the said dogs for a period of Seventy-two (72) hours after he has notified the owner that said dog or dogs have been committed to the Pound. (2) The Dog-Catcher shall, within twenty-four (24) hours from seizure of any dog or within twenty-Pour (24) hours from the time any dog is taken into the Dog-Pound, notify the owner of any dog bearing a tag. (3) If the owner of said dogs impounded that bear tags fails to claim his, or her, dog or dogs, and pay the Dog-Catcher one Dollar ($1.00) per day or part thereof, said dog or dogs shall be disposed of at the end of the said Seventy-two (72) hour period as hereinafter provided, and the owner shall have no recourse against the Municipality or Dog-Catcher. (4) If there is no tag on any dog seized or taken or put in the Pound, the Pound-keeper shall dispose of any dog so seized or impounded at the end of ninety-six (06) hours in the manner hereinafter provided. (5) The Pound-Beeper shall post up on a Notice Board in his premises, a description of any dog setted or taken into the Pound, together with the name of the owner if known. He shall also notify the Clerk of all seizures and the Clerk shall post up a similar notice in or on the Municipal Building. 5. (1) Dogs that have to be destroyed shall be disposed of in such manner as the Council may from time to time by resolution direct. „p (2) Dogs are to be destroyed at the and of the seventy-two (72) ?? hour or ninety-six (96) hour period as above mentioned unless a sale has been arranged or unless the Pound Beeper for any other reason, with the approval of the Clark in writing, decides that the period should be extended. (3) Any dog believed to be vicious found in a public place or on property other than that of the owner of the dog, may be shot by the Dog-Catcher in the presence of the Chief Constable of the Township of Pickering, or his Deputy, between sun-up and sun-down. BY-Law No. 1830 Page No•2 6. (1) The Dog-Catcher shall charge One Dollar ($1.00) per day for food for each dog reclaimed, of which amount he shall. be entitled to Seventy-five (75) cents per day for dog food and remit Twenty-five (25) cents per day to the Municipality. If the dog or dogs are not claimed, the Dog-Catcher shall be paid fifty (50) cents per day by the Municipality for each dog for food supplied. (2) The Dog-Catcher shall send a report by the end of each month giving the details of dogs seized or taken into the Pound, the disposition made of the dogs and of any charges made and any monies received and such further or other information as the Clerk may require. 7. No dog shall be returned to the owner if it has not a tag for the current year. Any owner*of a dog without a tag and " any purchaser of a dog shall obtain a tag for the current year before delivery is made. P 8. This By-law shall be effective as of the date of the passing of this By-law. 90 Paragraphs four (4) and seven (7) of By-law Number 1750 be and they are hereby repealed. BY-LAW read a FIRST time this?? day of4 t? . 1950- BY-LAW read a SECOND time this Z J-1-9/ day k of 46 1950. BY--LAW read a THIRD time and finally PASSED this day of l 1950. Reeve. . ?. Clerk. I