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ORDINANCE 7ORDIN1.I4CE NO.__Z__, AI,T ORDIIdAUCE OF THE C I �Y OP �.L SEGUNDO RLGUL. TING T?TE KEEPI-10 O, DOGS "ITHIiT ::SID CITY. The Board of Trustees of the City of El Segundo do ordain as follows: SECTION 1. It shall be unlawful for any person to own or harbor any dog, male or female, over the age of siN months, within the cor,-)or5ite limits of the City- of -1 Segundo, Calitornia, unless there shall be attached to such dog, a collar, upon which there shall be a current, numbered, metal tag, to be obtained from the City I,iarshal upon application therefore and the payment of a license fee to said fD �.To official, of •,s — for each male dog and r` for each female do`. No tag issued hereunder shall be "current" after 12 o'clock noon of the 31st day of Tviarch next succeeding the date of its issuance and the same shall be replaced by a current tag to be obtained in the same manner and upon payment of the same license fee. as hereinabove provided. SECTION 2. The City- I.Iarshal shall perform the duties of Poundmaster of the City of El Segundo. He shall secure such metal tags as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this ordinance. Said tags shall be numbered consecutively beginning with No. land shall in addition to said number contain the words "Dog License E1 Segundo" and shall have the date of expiration of same stamped thereon. Tags issued for male dogs shall be marked with the letter "M ". Said officer shall keep a register wherein he shall enter the name of the dog owner, the number of the tag issued and the date of issuance. All moneys collected hereunder shall be paid into the general fund of the City of El Segundo, within ten days after the same shall have been collected. -1- SECTION 3. It is hereby made the duty of thePoundmaster and his Deputies to impound all dogs found in the streets, alleys, or public places, or upon any vacant, unoccupied, or unenclo sed lots, without such metal lag lands or premises within the City of El Segundo and o keep such dogs confined in the public pound, properly provided with food and water, for at least three days, unless such dogs shall be redeemed by the owner upon payment of the sum of .x1.00 pound fee and the production of the required tag. SECTION 4. A written notice containing a description of the dogs impounded shall be posted up in front of the public pound for at least three days succeeding the day of impounding the same and at the expiration of said three days, all dogs not redeemed by the owners thereof, may be redeemed by any other person and if not so redeemed, shall be destroyed and buried by said official or his deputies. SECTION 5. Any person who shall interfere with the Pound- master,o-r any of his deputies, in the performance of his duties under this ordinance, or who shall violate any of the provisions of this ordinance, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon the con- viction thereof, shall be fined not more than $50.00, or imprisoned in the County Jail of the County of Los Angeles, State of California, for not more than fifteen days, or by both such fine and imprisonment in the discretion of the Court. SECTION 6. The City Clerk shall certify to the passage of this ordinance and shall cause the sl-me to be published once in the El Segundo Herald, a weekly newspaper printed, published and circulated in said City, which is hereby desi-nated for that purpose and thereupon and thereafter the same shall take effect and be in full force. Passed and approved this �LAay of 1917. President of the Board of izstees of the City of E1 Segundo. ATTT /EST: City Clerk. -2- STATE OF CALIFORNIA ) COUNTY OF LOS ANGIMES ) SS. CITY OF EL SEGUNDO ) I. Victor D. McCarthy, City Clerk of the City of E1 Segundo, do hereby certify that the foregoing ordinance, being ordinance No.� was passed by the Board of Trustees of the City of E1 Segundo, signed by the President of said Board and attested byy� the City Clerk, all at a regular meeting of said Board held on the o'?�,,6— day of 1917, and that the same was passed by the following votes AYES: Trustees) NOES: Trustees ABSENT: Trustees (SEAL) -3- off/ City Clerk of the City of E1 ;egundo.