Ordinance 599 - Emergency - All Dogs Must Be Vaccinated for RabiesI1 W H. Boberg, City Clerk of the City of Kal;suell, Montana
do hereby cc tify that on the 2?rd day of warch, 1951,
Hosted a copy of the fore=:oin7 ordinance in ray office arad the
same remained hosted fo_° a De i.od of five days and -pie foregoing
is a true copy o,: the ordinance as press d by the City Council.
tHE3EAS, one dog within the City of Kalispell is suspected
of having: rabies;
ehi'.E,1S there are now in Kalispell a large number of unuacci-
the
Hated dogs which are potential carriers of rabies and because of
that unless
nature of said disease there is a possibility preventative
could spread to oPid sic
measures are taken the disease of rabies
and endanger the fives of all persons and animals in the
proportions
City of Kaliszell; and,
WEERE S5 the only preventative measures that will adequately
protect the people and animals in the City of Kalispell is the
vaccination and confineaent of all does; and;
wvS ZAS „s r going facts there now exists an
4�i,,,., because o__ the fore.;
immediate
emergency in the City of Kalispell that requires ,action.
11OW THEREFORE BE IT RASOLVLD DY THE CITY COUi1CIL OF THE CITY OF
KALISPELL W FOLLOTS:
1 That an emergency now exists and that all dogs within the
to prevent
City of Kalispell, Rontana must be vaccinated and confined
in the City of Kalispell.
a posrible outbreak of the disease of rabies
2, That all persons owning, heepingi harboring or having in their
within
'
possession, any dog or do's within the City of Kalispell, shall
aporoval of this ordinance cause such
15 days after the passage and
dog dogs to be vaccinated against rabies, and shall cause to he
or
upon such dog or dogs a metal tag showing the date on which
placed
such dog or dogs w,s vaccinated.
3. That all persons owning, keeping, harboring, or '_�cving 4n
the City of Kalispell shall
their possession any dog; or dogs within
manner as will prevent such do; or dogs
-
keep the same confined -'n such
the City of Kalispell 4nd shallheep such
from running at large within
dog or jogs under _cstnr int at all times,
4. That all dogs running at. large in the City of Kallspellq
all dogs which shall not have displayed upon them, within 15
and
days after the passage and apvroval of this ordin nen a metal tag
be
showing such dogs to have been vaccinated against rabies, shall
the Chief of
taken up and destroyed by or under the direction of
Police of the City of Kalispell.
person violating any of the provisions of this ordinance
thereof shall
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be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction
be fined in any sum not exceeding $R250.00
6. That by reason of the _'acts herein stated an emergency is
hereby declared to exist and this ordinance shall become effe tive
upon its passage and approval and the Clerk shall cause the same
ill
to be published in the Daily Inter Late for at least three publications
e,ginning the 23rd day of march, 1951.
PASSED by the CITY COUNCIL by two-thirds of the members thereof
and approved by the Mayor this 22nd day of TEarch, 1951.
H. Keller
yavor
ATTEST W. H. Bober
City Clerk