Duties of dog SEC. 9. It shall be the duty of the dog-killer to capture and convey to a dog pound which shall be located by the Chief of Police, all dogs not properly licensed, collared and tagged, and to keep killer. them with kind treatment and sufficient food and water for their comfort, at least three days, unless sooner reclaimed by their own ers. SEC. 10. The dog-killer shall, before he releases any impounded dog, be paid by the owner or claimant thereof, the sum of one dol- May kill dog lar, and the latter shall exhibit a license for the animal, signed by the City Clerk. SEC. 11. At the expiration of three days from the time any dog is impounded, and still remains unclaimed, the dog-killer shall slaughter the animal, under the direction of the Chief of Police, bury the remains, and for such services the dog-killer shall receive the sum of one dollar upon the presentation of his bill to the City Council, approved by the Chief of Police, the same to be paid out of the general city fund. SEC. 12. The dog-killer shall receive no payment for services or expenses other than herein before provided. SEC. 13. No person shall in any manner molest, hinder or interfere with the dog-killer or any person in his employ, while in the discharge of the duties herein imposed on him. when. Fees of dog killer. No person shall molest dog killer. SEC. 14. Whoever disobeys or violates any provision of this ordinance, shall, on conviction therefor, be punished by a fine not exceeding ten dollars and costs of prosecution, and may be impris- Penalty. oned until such fine and costs are paid not exceeding fifteen days. SEC. 15. The certain ordinance, entitled, “An Ordinance Concerning Dogs,” approved May 8th, 1877, and all ordinances and Repeal of all parts of ordinances inconsistent with this ordinance are hereby re former ordinances. pealed. SEC. 16. This ordinance shall take effect and be in force from and after its publication. Passed, April 5th, 1882. Attest: MATT WALSH, Vice President of the Council and President pro tem. SELAH MATHEWS, City Clerk. Approved April 6th, 1882. A. C. RAND, Mayor. IX. AN ORDINANCE REGULATING BOWLING SALOONS AND BILLIARD The City Council of the City of Minneapolis do ordain as follows: SECTION 1. Every bowling saloon, nine or ten pin alley, and Shall be closed every billiard room, shall be and remain closed during the whole of every Sunday, every Sunday; and no owner, proprietor, lessee, or other person having the control or charge of any bowling saloon, nine or ten pin alley or billiard table, shall permit the same to be used upon any Sunday. Penalty. SEC. 2. Any person who shall violate any provision of this ordinance shall, on conviction thereof, be punished by fine not exceeding fifty dollars and the costs of prosecution, and may be imprisoned until such fine and costs are paid, not exceeding sixty days. SEC. 3. This ordinance shall take effect and be in force from and after its publication. X. AN ORDINANCE CONCERNING POUNDS. As Amended June 27th, 1879. The City Council of the City of Minneapolis do ordain as follows: pointed when. SECTION 1. There shall be three public pounds in the city of Minneapolis, each to be placed under the care and direction of a Pound-keeper may be appound-keeper, to be appointed by the City Council; said poundkeepers shall hold their office for one year, and until their successors have been appointed and qualified, and shall be entitled to such compensation as the City Council may determine. SEC. 2. No horse, sheep, goat, swine, mule nor cattle of any kind, nor any poultry, turkeys, chickens or geese shall be permitted to run at large within the city, nor be herded or pastured in or upon any street of said city, nor be permitted to graze or feed in said streets, except in such parts of said streets as are in front of or adjoin lands owned or occupied by the owner or keeper of the animal grazing or feeding therein, and if found running at large or grazing or feeding in the street or walking upon any sidewalk, except as above, each and everyone of the animals aforesaid may be impounded in any public pound in the city, from which they shall not be released until the owner or owners thereof shall pay the pound keeper having such animal or animals in charge a fee of fifty cents for each and every animal so impounded, and also any reasonable expense of said pound keeper in the taking up and for the suitable and proper maintenance of such animal during the time the same shall have been impounded, and any owner of the animal above specified or any person in whose charge the same may be, who shall permit the same to run at large within the limits of the city of Minneapolis, or to feed or graze within the said streets of said city contrary to the provisions of this ordinance shall on conviction thereof before the Municipal Court for said city, be punished by a fine not less than five and not exceeding fifteen dollars and costs of prosecution. May be impounded when May be released when. Penalty. Duties of SEC. 3. It shall be the duty of the pound-keeper to provide proper and necessary sustenance for animals so impounded, and pound-keeper. the reasonable cost for providing such sustenance for such animals shall be paid to the pound-keeper before such animals shall be re May sell animals when. When notice given. May be released when. leased from the pound; and it shall be lawful for any such pound keeper to sell at public vendue to the highest bidder for cash, any animal or animals impounded as aforesaid, at any time after the expiration of four days from the time they shall be so impounded, the said pound-keeper to not give less than three days' notice of the time and place of sale and description of the animals to be sold, by publishing said notice three times in the official paper of the city, and by posting three written or printed or partly written or printed notices in three different conspicuous public places in the city of Minneapolis, one of which shall be at the County Court House, for posting which notices the pound-keeper shall be entitled to charge twenty-five cents each, and also the expenses for printing said notice, before such animal shall be released. Provided, That if any such animal is redeemed, or payment or tender made for that purpose by the owner or his agent of the pound-keeper's fees, together with the reasonable expenses of impounding the animal, and the expenses of sustenance thereof while impounded, and advertising any time before such animal or animals are actually sold, the same shall not be sold, but release 1 by the pound-keeper. The pound-keepers shall each render to the City Council and file with the clerk thereof on the first Monday of each month a true statement of all fees and money received by Pound-keepers them, either for penalties or charges of any and all kinds on account of animals impounded during the preceding month, and shall at the same time each pay over to the City Treasurer all moneys collected by him by virtue of his office for impounding or selling animals and all fees received by him, and shall be credited his actual disbursements for the custody of animals impounded. to report to City Council. Fees how recovered. Penalty for breaking pound. Penalty for hindering SEC. 4. Whenever any animal shall be sold as herein provided, and shall not bring enough to pay the fee, charges and penalty, as herein provided, the same may be recovered from the owner of any such animal or person having the same in charge and permitting such animal to go at large, by a suit before the Municipal Court of said city, in the name of said city; and the amount received to be paid into the treasury of said city. SEC. 5. Any person or persons who shall break open, or in any manner directly or indirectly advise, direct, or aid in breaking open any city pound, shall on conviction thereof before the Municipal Court of said city, be punished by a fine not exceeding fifty dollars and not less than twenty dollars and costs of prosecution, and may be imprisoned until such fine and costs are paid, not exceeding thirty days. SEC. 6. Any person or persons who shall hinder, delay, or in any manner obstruct or interfere with any pound-keeper, or pound-keeper. person employed by him, while engaged in driving or taking to the city pound any animal or animals liable to be impounded in the city pound, as in this ordinance provided, shall for such offense, on conviction thereof before the Municipal Court of said city, be punished by a fine of not less than ten nor more than fifty dollars and costs of prosecution, and may be imprisoned until such fine and costs are paid, not exceeding thirty days. SEC. 7. Any pound-keeper in this city who shall neglect or refuse to take up, distrain, or impound any animal mentioned in this ordinance as liable to be impounded, known to him to be running at large contrary to the provisions hereof, or who shall neglect to make diligent search for such animals, shall, on conviction thereof before the Municipal Court of said city, be punished by a fine of not less than twenty-five nor more than fifty dollars and costs of prosecution, and may be imprisoned until such fine and costs are paid, not exceeding thirty days; and it shall be the duty of the pound-keeper, upon notification that animals are running at large at any place in the city contrary to the provisions of this ordinance, to proceed immediately to such place and take up and impound such animals. SEC. 8. Any animal sold under the provisions of this ordinance, the value of which shall be twenty dollars and upwards, may be redeemed from the purchaser at any time within thirty days from the sale thereof, upon payment of the publication money and five per cent. in addition thereto, and all the reasonable cost and charges of keeping the same after the sale, over and above the value of the use of the same. SEC. 9. This ordinance shall take effect and be in force from and after its publication. Passed May 7th, 1877. Attest: FRANK J. MEAD, SOLON ARMSTRONG, President of the Council. Penalty for refusing to perform duty. Redemption of animals when. Approved May 8th, 1877. JNO. DE LAITTRE, Mayor. |