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ORDINANCE NO. L:.Jr~
AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND ORDINANCE NO. 370 WHICH IS EN-
TITLED "AN ORDINANCE PROVIDING FOR THE LICENSING OF
ALL DOGS WITHIN THE CORPORATE LIMITS OF THE CITY OF
WEST MEMPHIS, ARKANSAS; PROHIBITING DOGS FROM RUNNING
AT LARGE WITHIN THE CORPORATE LIMITS OF WEST MEMPHIS,
ARKANSAS; AUTHORIZING THE IMPOUNDING AND DESTRUCTION
OF DOGS; PROVIDING A PENALTY= PROVIDE FOR THE REPEAL
OF ORDINANCE 196 AS AMENDED BY ORDINANCE 251; ORDINANCE
199 AS AMENDED BY ORDINANCE 252 AND ALL ORDINANCES IN
CONFLICT THEREWITH.
BE IT ORDZ~NED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF WEST MEMPHIS,
ARKANSAS:
SECTION 1. - Section 2 (a) of Ordinance No. 370 is
amended to read as follows: All dogs kept, harbored, or main-
tained by their owners in the City of West Memphis shall be licensed
and registered if over three (3) months of age. Dog licenses shall
be issued by the City Clerk or veterinarians in the City of West
Memphis upon payment of a license tax of One and 25/100ths Dollars
(S1.25) for each dog. Veterinarians purchasing licenses from the
City of West Memphis shall pay the sum of One and No/100ths Dollars
(51.00} for each license and shall be entitled to retain the sum of
Twenty-five cents (5.25) from each One and 25/100ths Dollars (51.25)
license for their expense in the handling of same. The provisions
of this section shall not be intended to apply to dogs whose owners
are non-residents temporarily within the City, nor to dogs brought
into the City for the purpose of participating in any dog show, nor
to "seeing-eye" dogs properly trained to assist blind persons when
such dogs are actually being used by blind persons for the purpose
of aiding them in going from place to place.
Section 2b of Ordinance 370 is amended to read as follows:
Licenses for dogs as hereinabove provided shall be purchased on or
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before the first day of February of each year for the ensuing
year.
SECTION 2. - Section 6 of Ordinance 370 is amended to
read as follows:
The owner of any licensed dog that is impounded shall be
notified and the owner of any dog so impounded may reclaim such
dog upon payment of all costs and charges incurred for maintenance
of said dog. In addition to such charges, the owner shall pay the
sum of Two and No/100ths Dollars (52.00) to the City of West Mem-
phis for permitting said dog to run at large and requiring same to
be impounded.
SECTION 3. - Section 7 of Ordinance 370 is amended to
read as follows:
All licensed dogs that are impounded shall be kept for a
period of six (6) days, and if at the expiration of six (6) days,
such dog shall not have been redeemed, it may be destroyed. All
unlicensed dogs that are impounded shall be kept for a period of
forty-eight (46) hours and if at the expiration of forty-eight (48)
hours, such dog shall not have been redeemed, it may be destroyed.
Any dog which appears to be suffering from rabies or affected with
hydrophobia, mange or other infections or dangerous disease shall
not be released but may be forthwith destroyed.
SECTION 4. - All other provisions contained in Ordinance
No. 370 shall remain in full force and effect except as herein
specifically amended.
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SECTION 5. -This Ordinance being necessary for the
safety and welfare of the inhabitants of the City of West Memphis
an emergency is declared to exist and this Ordinance shall be in
full force and effect from and after its passage.
PASSED this ~ day of February, 1963.
APPROVED:
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MAYOR
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