Ordinance 1525ORDINANCE 1525
AN ORDINANCE . AMENDING
THE ALAMEDA MUNICIPAL
CODE BY AMENDING SECTION
9-146 THEREOF, REDUCING PERIOD WITHIN WHICH IM-
POUNDED DOGS MAY BE REDEEMED FROM FIVE TO THREE
DAYS
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE
COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
ALAMEDA:
Section 1. That Section 9-146 of
the Alameda Municipal Code be,
and the same hereby is amended
to read as follows:
See. 9-146. Seizure and Dis-
position of Untagged and Un-
leashed Dogs—Redemption. Ev-
ery dog found or being in any
public street of said City and
not being held or led by card,
chain, or other thing, or con-
fined in any vehicle, shall be
taken by the Poundmaster to,
and impounded in the Public
Pound, where it may be re-
deemed by the owner or per-
sons theretofore entitled to the
possession of it within three (3)
days, excluding Saturday, Sun.
day and holidays, thereafter, on
payment to the Poundmaster of
Five ($5,00) Dollars, and upon
securing a vaccination as re-
quired under this Code. If not
so redeemed, such dog shall be
killed and its remains disposed
of by the Poundmaster, pro-
vided, that the Poundmaster is
authorized to keep valuable
dogs and sell them, and his re-
ceipt for the sale thereof, en-
dorsed by the City Clerk, shall
be a valid title to the purchaser.
If a license tax has not been
paid for the then current year
for any impounded dog, the
party redeeming must, before
redemption, pay such license
tax, provided, that in case of
loss of tag, a duplicate of the
same must be obtained as pro-
vided in this Code, and an pres-
entation of said duplicate tag
the owner of said impounded
dog shall be entitled to the
possession of the same on pay-
ment of fifty cents (50c) in ad-
dition to the redemption fee
and vaccination requirement
above set forth. Whenever a
dog is redeemed the party re-
deeming must give to the
Poundmaster •duplicate receipts
acknowledging the redemption
and a certificate showing a cur-
rent vaccination.
Section 2. This ordinance shall
be in full force and effect from
and after the expiration of thirty
(30) days from the date of its
final passage.
GEORGE A. ROSE,
Presiding Officer of
the Council.
Attest:
SHIRLEY H. TENNIER
I, the undersigned, hereby cer-
tify that the foregoing Ordinance
was duly and regularly adopted
and passed by the Council of the
City of Alameda in regular meet-
ing assembled on the 5th day of
April, 1966, by the following vote,
to wit:
AYES: Councilmen Bartley, La
Croix, Jr., McCall and Vice Presi-
dent Rose, (4).
NOES: None.
ABSENT: President Godfrey,
(I).
IN WITNESS WHEREOP I
have hereunto set my hand and
affixed the official seal of said
City this 6th day of April, 1966.
(SEAL) SHIRLEY H. TENNIER,
City Clerk of the
City of Alameda.
No, 219-A. Published April 8, 1966.
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