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AN ORDI14,0 CE PROhIBITING THE RUNNING AT LARGE IN T HE CITY LIMITS OF THE CITY of
ELSINORE ANY LOST, ABANDONED OR LN- LICENSED DOG , CREATING THE OFFICE of CITY
POUND KEEPER, PRESCRIBING HIS DUTIES, FIXING HIS COMPENSATION, AND DECLARING
THIS ORDINANCE TO BE AN F46ERGENCY OR DINANCE BY DECLARING THAT THE PUBLIC HEALTH
AND SAFETY OF THE PEOPLE CF .HE CITY ARE MENACED BY THE RUNNING AT LARGE OF A GREAT
NWABER OF ABANDONED, UNCLAMD, LOST, UNLICENSED AND STRAY DOGS.
71HER.EJS, A LtPGE NUILMER OF ESTRAY, ABANDONED,
IRE RUNNING 4T LARGE IN M CITY OF ELSINORE and
L'N- CL;1INED- ;;AND UNLICENSED DOGS
v EREAS, The said dogs are a menace to the public health and safety, as well
4s a general nuisance to the people of the City and
WHEREAS, The general welfare and safety demand that some action be taken by
this Board to eliminate said. nuisance and give protection to the inhabitants of the
City, row therefore,
THE BO FBD
OF Ti,USTIW'S IF 1r'_r: CI,Y CF YLSINCR E _ ,c CRLIv.IN AS FCLLC•tdS:
Section 1, That the office of City Pound Master is hereby created.
Section 2. That the Board of.Trustees sha11 name and ;point some person
to be and act as City Found haster, _mot the pleasure of the -Board,
Section 3. That it shall be the duly of the Pound Plaster to t_..ke up and ar-
rest any and all dogs running at large in the City, that have been abandoned, lost,
or which shall be running at large in the City without e City License tag fastened
around the neck of such dog.
Section 4. That all doss taken up by the Pound a:r:ster shall be safely kern
and confined by the said Found.'Master, in an enclosure called t* the City Pound,
for a period of — days, at the and f -which time any d.o® remaining therein and
not redeemed as .s hereinafter specified, shall be disposed of by said Poun, Waster,
either by killing and burying said do;; or by the Bale thereof to any person Vaho
may Txlis_'a to buy grid care for such lob.
Section 5 That the airy person claiming, to o:;n or to be entitled to the nos
session of any doh, taken up under the provisions of this Ordinance, mFy redeem said
coy, f-em the Pound .seater by n yinb to said Pound taster the sum of and the
'further sun of ��_j - for each day such animal ham r,,.:n kept and fed by the, '
Poundas a-,..dd anOwt.tie� of such co ' P/ " /15A.
Sec 6. Thst the round i4aster sh ll be entitled to any and all s ums coming into
his possession of paid under the provisions of this Ordinance, as redemption motley
or for board and keep of dabs as herein set forth, as compensation for his services
as Pound Master.
Section 7,, .,That this ordinance
:nature, in that the public health an
a great number of dogs in the City.
Section 8. That this Ordinance
Valley Press, and shall there,_fter be
is a- necessary - measure -end is Of an emergency .
safety is menaced by the running at large of
shall be published once in the Lake Elsinore
in full force and effect.
Section 9. That the City Clerk shall certify to the passage of this Ordinance
a.nd cause the publication thereof as herein directed.
Passed and adopted by the Board of Trustees of the City of Elsinore at a reg-
ule.r �P _ meeting of said Board held and had in the City Fell of said
City on he day of yz,e�f 1925, by e following vote of the Trustees
of said City Aves: Trustees, /
No, Trustees ; Absent, Trustees: ' ,
Attest: `
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C) aUfmaxt of t Board "
- City Clerk