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ORDINANCE NO. 02 Z O
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF AZUSA REQUIRING DOGS RUNNING
AT LARGE TO BE I;IUZZLED, PROVIDING FOR THE DESTROYING OF UNMUZZLED
DOGS AND PROVIDING A PENALTY FOR THE VIOLATION OF SAID ORDINANCE.
The Board of Trustees of the City of Azusa do ordain as
follows:
SECTION 1. The word "dog" shall be deemed to mean a female
as well as a male dog.
The term "unenclosed lot or premises" as used in this
Ordinance is hereby defined to be any lot, land or premises not
enclosed in such manner as to prevent any dog confined therein or
thereupon from escaping therefrom.
SECTION 2. It shall be the duty of the said Health Officer
and of every Peace Officer, of the City of Azusa to take up or
shoot every dog not muzzled as required by this ordinance found
going free or running at large in or upon any public street, alley
or other public place, or in or upon any unenclosed lot of premise
within the said city.
SECTION 3. Every dog within the confines of the City of
Azusa shall be required to be muzzled in such a way as to permit
his drinking and in such a way as to prevent his biting unless
Such dog shall be confined in a Geeure enclosure or shall us tied
or fastened in such a manner as to securely prevent his running
at large.
SECTION 4, It shall be unlawful for any person in the
City of Azusa to keep or maintain or harbor or own any dog which
shall not be either muzzled as aforesaid, or secured as aforesaid,
or kept within an enclosure as aforesaid.
SECTION 5. It shall be the duty of the said Health Officer
and of'.eveiyr Peace Officer and special officer of the City of Azus
to kill any dog found in or upon any public street, alley or other
public place, or in or upon any lot or premises, known to have
rabies or hydrophobia, or known to have been bitten by any dog
having rabies or hydrophobia.
SECTION 6. It shall be unlawful for any person to interfere
with, oppose or resist the City Health Officer or any Peace Officer
or any Special Officer of the said city while engaged in the per-
formance of the duties prescribed by provisions of this ordinance.
SECTION 7. The said Health Officer is hereby empowerea•to
enter upon private property for the purpose of ascertaining whether
any dog kept or harbored thereon is afflicted with rabies or hydro-
phobia.
SECTION 8. That any person, firm or corporation vi:alating
any of the provisions of this ordinance shall be deemed guilty of
a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof shall be punishable
by a fine of not more than five hundred ($500) dollars, or by
imprisonment in the city jail for a period of not more than six
months, or by both such fine and imprisonment.
Each puch person, firm or corporation shall be deemed
3uilty of a separate offense for every day during any portion of
which any violation of any provision of this ordinance is com-
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mitted, continued or permitted by such person, firm or corpora-
tion, and shall be punishable therefor as provided by this ordi-
nance.
SECTION 9. This ordinance is urgently required for the
immediate preservation of the public health and safety and the
following is a specific statement showing the urgency of this
ordinance:
That there is an epidemic of rabies or hydrophobia in the
City of Azusa and it is feared that the said disease or diseases
may spread through the medium of dogs permitted to run at large
or unmuzzled in said city; that this ordinance is, therefore,
urgently required as a means for the stopping and prevention of
such menance to the health and safety of the citizens of this
community.
SECTION 10. The City Clerk shall certify to the passage
of this ordinance by a vote of four-fifths of all the members of
the Board of Trustees of the City of Azusa and its approval by
the President of said Board, and shall cause the same to be
published by one insertion in the Pomotropic, a weekly newspaper
published and circulated in the City of Azusa, and thereupon and
thereafter the same shall be in full force and effect.
Adopted and approved th
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of February, 1924,
itb o= tine Marc. OI 'TrusTee
the City of Azusa, Calif.
ATTEST:
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ity er of pthe City of Azusa,Caii3'.
STATE OF CALIFORNIA,
COUNTY OF IAS ANGELES, SS.
CITY OF AZUSA. )
I, J. 0. Durrell, City Clerk
by certify that the whole number of
ees, of the City of Azusa, is five,
was passed by a vote of four-fifths
by the President of said Board at a
of held on the 26th day of February,
Passed by the following vote:
of the City of Azusa, do here -
members of the Board of Trust -
and that the foregoing Ordinan
of all its members and approve
regular adjourned meeting ther
1924, and that the same was
AYES: TRUSTEES:
NOES: TRUSTEES: None.
ABSENT: TRUSTEES: None,
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed
the official seal of the City of Azusa, thAs 26th day of February,
1924.
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