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ORglNANCE NO. 984. AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF SANTA ANA, FIXING THE LICENSE FEES TO BE PAID ON DOGS, ESTABLISH- ING THE' OFFICE OF POUNDKEEPER, AND SETTING OUT ' THE DUTIES TO BE'PERFOR~IED BY HIM AND FIXING HIS CONIPENSATION. The Board of Trustees of the City of Santa Ana ordains as follows: SECTION l: That a license tax is hereby levied upon dogs over six months of age, including females, owned within the City of Santa Ana, at the rate of $1.00 for e~ch male, female or neuter dog, per fiscal year from Ju'ly 1st to June 30th, payable in advance for the whole year, or pro-rata for the remainder of the year from time of payment. Such license shall be deemed a debt due the City of Santa Ana, and dan be collected by the poundkeeper in the name of the City and as any debt is collected under the general law. SECTION 2: That the office of poundkeeper is hereby established, and until further orders the Board of Trustees shall appoint a poundSeeper. SECTION 3: That it shall be the duty of the poundkeeper to collect the licenses above provided for during each fiscal,yea~,,and when so' collected he shall deliver to the person paying the license a metal tag, which shall be stamped with the fiscal year for which it is issued, and numbei~d. Such tag must be attached to the body of the dog for which it is issued, by a collar or harness on which the name and address of the owner is inscribed. The poundkeeper shall keep a record of the licenses collected, and the tags delivered and to whom, with a brief description and name of the dog for which the same was issued, and the name of the owner thereof and his add~ess. He shall make a report to the Board of Trustees at its regular monthly meeting of the number of tags delivered and licenses collected, sad shall pay to the City Treasurer twenty-five per cent of all moneys by him collected during the previous calendar month for licenses so issued, retaining seventy-five per cent (75~) for himself as compensation therefor This shall be in addition to his salary as poundkeeper. SECTION 4: It shall be'the duty of the poundkeeper to take up and impound all dogs found ~unning at large on the streets, alleys, parks, or public places in said City that are not properly tagged according to law. If such dogs so taken up are tagged, he shall at once give notice, either personally or by postal card to the owner of such dog, that such dog is impounded, and the dog shall be released to the owner without cost for the first offense. If such dog is not tagged, written notice that such dog is impounded shall be posted; one notice at the post-office, one at the City Hall~ and one at the pound. Such notice shall contain a brief description of such dog, and shall contain a state- ment to the effect that if such dog is not red~:emed and the license paid, if said license be due, within three (3) days, such dog will be destroyed or sold, and it shall be the duty of said poundkeeper to destroy or sell all such dogs not redeeme. and'for which the license is not paid. Such sale may be by auction or by private sale. The poundkeeper must feed and water such dogs during the three days that ti same are impounded. SECTION 5: In order to redeem or buy such dog, it will be necessary to pay the poundkeeper $1.00 for taking up the dog, $1.00 for redemption thereof, and twenty-five cents (25~) per day for keeping and feeding the same. All of said