HomeMy WebLinkAboutCHAPTER #11An Ordinance Providing for a Tax on Dogs and to l~rovide for the
Collection and F~aforoement ~hereof.
Be it OrdAined by the., Mayor and Town Council of the Town of
Bebastian, Florida:
Sec. 1. ~hat any person owning or keeping a dog within tho
corporate limits of the Town of Sebastian, shall be required to
pay a'lioense tax e~ch year of ~1.00 for each male ~og an~
per year for each female dog so owned or kept.
Sec. 2. That it shall be the duty of every person owning
or keeping a dog in the T own to obtain a license from the Tax
Collector of the Town of Sebastian, which license sh~ll be signed
by the Town Tax Collector and by the Town Clerk, who shall place
the seal o£ the Town thereon, and the said collector of taxes shall
furnish with &ach license so obtained a badge which shall be
placed by said owner on said dog; said license shall be as foll.o, ws,
To-wit:
DOG ~,IC~SE. ~0W~ OF S~BASTLAN.
In consideration of ~aid to Collectors
q.~ ~axes for the Town of Sebastian, b2 _
for a license tax on his dog for the year 19~_ the said
is hereby granted a license for said dog for said
yea~e
This ~, day of A,D. 19~..
(Seal)
And said ba~ge
Town ~ierk and Tax: Collector,
to be of~ and ~ in form and shall
have inscribed thereon the number of license with which the same is
~SOe
SOO · 4.
Ail dog ~ioenses shall expire on the ~/~day of
of each year,
That it shall be the duty of the Town Marshal of
the Town of Sebastian to kill all dogs running at large in said
Town, on which there is no ba~ge as required by this ordinanoe~
provided, that the M~reh~1 shsll impuund said dog found without
a badge for the space of three ~ays and he shall ascertain ~hether
license has been .p~A~.i~.~..~the same or not, an~ if not he ~hall kill
said dog, provided, however, that the wwner of said dog, or any
person for him may redeem said dog by paying for and sbtaining a
license for said dog, as befor~provided, and by p~ying the additional
sum of ~/~ to the Marshal.
Ail officers receiving money unde~ thls crAinanoe
shall report the same as in other oases, and the Marahaitehall receive
~eaoh day as pay for feeding said dog while impounded.
Sec, Ge Ail moneys received under this ordinance shall be
paid into the general fund,
Ail ordinances, or parts of ordinances, in conflict with
the provisions of this ordinance, are hereby repealed,
This ordinance shall be in ~ull force and effect
immediately upon its passage and approval by the Mayor.
-'~ by the ~own Counoi~
'~ ~ '_~Ma~or o~o ~ of Sebastian, ~lort~a:
I hereby certify t~ the foregoing ordi~ce ~$ ~e~ly
passed by the ~own Council the
AYl~ROV~D BY ME THI~