HomeMy WebLinkAbout1265A by-law to provide for regulating the running at large of dogs in the Township of Clarke.
Whereas it is deemed expedient to pass a by-law to regulate the running
at large of dogs in the Township of Clarke;
Now Therefore the Council of the Municipal Corporation oP the Township
of Clarke enacts as follows:
I. In this by-law:
(a) "dog" shall mean any dog, male or female;
(b) "kennel" shall mean a kennel of pure-bred dogs
registered in the register of the Canadian Kennel
Club, Incorporated;
(e) "owner" of a dog includes'any person who possesses or
harbours a dog, and "owns" and"owned" have a correspond-
ing meaning;
(d) "poundkeeper" shall mean the person appointed under the
provisions of this by-law as poundkeeper;
(e) "municipality" shall mean the Municipality of the Township
of Clarke;
(f) "clerk" shall mean the Clerk of the municipality.
2. (a) The running at large of dogs within the Township of Clarke
is prohibited and the owner of any dog found running at
large within the said Township shall be guilty of a breach
of this by-law and liable on conviction to the penalty
provided in section 6 hereof.
(b) For the purpose of this section a dog shall be deemed to be
running at large when found in a highway or other public place
and not under the control of any person.
3. (aj Any appointment by the Council as hereinafter provided, and
hereinafter referred to as the Hog Catcher, may capture and
.impound every dog running at large contrary to the provisions
of section 2 hereof.
(b) ItShall be the duty of the Poundkeeper to provide suitable
quarters as may be approved by the Council in which to keep
in a humane manner all the dogs that may be brought to him by the
Dog Catcher for disposal under the provisions hereof. The
Poundkeeper shall, in a book tob~furnished him by the clerk,
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 sales,
the names and addresses of purchasers of dogs and any other
particulars the clerk may deem advisable.
(c) Every dog caught by the Dog Catcher under the provisions of
subsection (IT hereof and delivered to the Poundkeeper shall
by the latter be confined in the pound for seventy-two (~2)
hours and at the end of such period may, if not redeemed or
sold as he reinafter provided, be destroyed by the Poundkeeper,
and the carcass shall be disposed of to the satisfaction of the
Medical Officer of Health for the municipality.
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Contd. By-law No. I265
(d) The owner of any dog impounded under the provisions of this
by-law may redeem the same within seventy-two (~2) hours
after its delivery to the Poundkeeper by paying into the
hands of the said officer, for the use of the municipality
unless otherwise provided, the costs incurred.
4. The Council shall by resolution provide for the appointment of
asd Poundkeeper~ and shall provide for the terms of
such appointment~8
5. The Police Trustees~of the Village of Orono by resolution
provide for the appointment of a Dog Catcher
and shall provide for the terms of such appointments for that
area within the limits of the said Police Village.
6. Any person who contravenes any of the provisions of this by-law
or any part thereof shall, upon conviction, be liable to a penalty
not exceeding Fifty Dollars 050.00), exclusive of costs, recoverable
under the provisions of The Summary Convictions Act.
']. All by-laws or parts of by-laws heretofore passed inconsistent
with the provisions hereof and the running of dogs at large are
hereby repealed.
READ a first and second time this
READ a third time and passed this
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