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"OWNER" shall mean any person having title to, keeping, or harboring a~y dog for a period of seven consecutive days, excepting a duly licensed veter- inarian having custody for the purpose of treatment or boarding. "VICIOUS DOG" shall mean any dog which is known to have bitten ar~ person. "SECTION ~lll. Restraint Required. The Animal Control man may order any dog which has bitten any person to be kept securely tied in the rear of the owner's premises for a period of fot~rteen days from date of bite. ,,SECTIO~ ~ll2. License Tax Imposed. A license tax is hereby levied on all dogs over the age of three months owned, kept, harbored, or in the custody or uuder the control of any person ~lthin the City, at the rate of Two Dollars for each dog for each fiscal year, from July i of each year to June ~O of the succeeding year, payable in advance for the whole year. Any owner who fails or refuses to pay said li- cense tax on or before t he first day of September of the year in which it becomes due, is guilty of a misdemeanor. Such license tax shall be deemed m debt due the City from the owner and, in addition to the criminal penalties~ of this Code provided for, such debt may be collected in the name of the City as any other debt may be collected. The foregoing license tax shall not ap- ply to any dog while kept or maintained in a duly licensed kennel nor to auy seeing eye dogs properly trained to assist blind persons when such dogs are actually being used by blind persons f or the purpose of aiding them in going from place to place. "SECTIO~ 4113. Information Required, Record and Tag. Upon payment of the license fe% the City Treasurer or the Animal Con- trol Man shall issue to the owner, a license certificate and a metallic tag for each dog so licensed. The shape of the tag shall be changed every fiscal year and shall have stamped thereon, the year designation and an identifying nttmber. Every owner shall be required to provide each dog, not kept in a kennel~ with a collar to which the license tag must be per- manently affixed and shall see that the collar and tag are continuously worn by said dog. In case a dog tag is lost or destroyed, a duplicate ~ill be issued by the City Treasurer upon presentation of the re- -2-