HomeMy WebLinkAbout1673A By-law to license and regulate the keeping of dogs.
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5. Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraphs 2 and 3 oP the
within by-law the owner of a kennel of pure-bred dogs registered in
the register of fhe Canadian Kennel Club, Incorporated, shall pay
an annual to of X25.00 to the Township Clerk-Treasurer, Orono,
Ontario as a to upon the kennel and he shall not be liable to pay
any further licence fee in respect of such pure-bred dogs.
6. The licence tag shall have a serial number and the year in
which it was issued and a record shall be kept by the Clerk-Treasurer
or other officer appointed for that purpose showing the name and
address of the owner and the serial number of the tag. (Every licence
issued under this by-law shall be for the calendar year and shall
expire on the 31st of December in each year.j Each licence shall be
renewed within sixty (60j days .from the commencement of the calendar
year.
7. Every person who fails to comply with the foregoing provisions
of this by-law or who uses a tag upon a dog other than that for
which it was issued shall be guilty of an offence under this by-law.
~ 8J No personshall allow his dog to become a nuisance nor permit it
to howl or bark excessively. Any person so aggrieved may appear before
a Justice of the Peace and swear out an Information charging the owner
with a breach of this section.
9. No person who is-the owner of a dog shall allow it to run at
large within the limits of the Township of Clarke.
10: Every dog which is found running at large may be disposed of
by the dog control officer or other officer that the Council may by
resolution appoint.
d.l. For the purpose of this by-law a dog shall be deemed to be
running at large when found off the premises upon which it is
habitually kept or on a public highway or other public place and
not under the control of any person.
12. The dog control officer may seize and impound any dog or dogs
found running at large within the limits of the Township of Clarke
or any dog found without a tag contrary to the provisions of this
by-law.
13. Any person shall be entitled to take charge of any animal found
running at large and deliver the same to the Township of Clarke
poundkeeper.
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14. When the dog control officer seizes a dog as hereinbefore
provided it shall be his duty to deliver the same to the poundkeeper
whose duty it shall be to provide suitable quarters, as may be
approved by Council, in which to keep in a humane manner all the dogs
that may be brought to him by the dog control officer under the
provisions of this by-law. The poundkeeper shall, in a book to be '-
furnished him by the Clerk-Treasurer, keep an accurate account of
all dogs placed in the pound, including the date of receipt, times of
feeding and watering, manner of final disposal, the methods of
destruction of the same, amounts received by way of redemption fees,
and fines and sales, and the names and addresses of the purchasers
of dogs and any other particulars Council may deem advisable.
15. Where a dog bearing a tag issued as hereinbefore provided in
this by-law has been impounded, the poundkeeper shall, within
twelve (12) hours deliver to the Clerk-Treasurer, in writing,
particulars. of the registration number of the said tag. -
16. The Clerk~Treasurer, upon receipt of the particulars of
registration number on the said tag, as hereinbefore provided,
shall within twenty-four (2!~) hours of a receipt of such notice,
notify the owner of the dog as it map appear fm m the records of
his office.
17. .The Owner of any dog impounded under the provisions of this
bylaw may redeem the same up to seventy-two (72) hours after its
delivery to the poundkeeper by paying to the poundkeeper, for use
of the municipality, the sum of Five Dollars for the first day or
part thereof that the said dog has been impounded, and One Dollar
per day for each additional day or part thereof together with the
poundage fees and expenses of the keeper of the pound. Provided
further, that if the said dog is a dog for which a licence fee has
not been paid as provided in this by-law, the Owner shall in addition
to the payment hereinbefore provided pap to the Clerk-Treasurer the
amount required for such licence and thereupon shall be issued with a
licence tag by the Clerk-Treasurer. All dogs impounded under the
provisions of this by'-law not being redeemed within seventy two (72)
hours of such impounding may be sold at the sum mentioned in this
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by-law for redemption or at such higher scam as the said dog or dogs
may bring. All dogs not so redeemed or sold shall after four (!~)
clear days from such impounding be destroyed in a humane way by the
Township Poundkeeper, a competent Veterinarian or otherwzise dealt
with according to law.
1$. Council shall by resolution provide for the appointment of a
dog control officer and a poundkeeper (provided however, that such
offices may be held by one person if Council deems it advisable)
and shall provide for the terms of such appointment.
19. Council shall by resolution approve the location and construction
of the pound to be used for the detention of dogs as provided by
this by-law and as to the means of disposal of dog or dogs.
20. Any person who contravenes the provisions of this b y-law shall
upon conviction be liable to a penalty of not more than X50.00,
exclusive of costs, and every such penalty shall be recoverable
under the provisions of the Summary Conviction Act,
21. By-law No. 15$0, 1633, 1672 and-.all bylaws contrary to or
inconsistent with the provisions of this by-law in respect of dog
licences, or regulation of dogs, be and the same are hereby repealed,
but the provisions of this by-law shall be read mutatis mutandis with
the terms and conditions of any bylaw, resolution, or agreement on
the keeping of pounds and the a ~`
ppointment of a Poundkeeper, and a
Dogcatcher. :
22. This by-law shall come into force and take effect on the date
of final passing thereof.
Read a first and second time this nth day of Sqi 1970.
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Read a third time and finally passed this 8th day of'Sepb®nber 1970.
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