Ordinance 669 - Vaccination and Licensing of Dogs130
ORDINANCE NO. 669
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION 2, OF THAT`ORDINANCE NO. 666 OF THE CITY OF
KALISPELL, MONTANA, WHICH SECTION PROVIDES FOR THE VACCINATION AND LICENSING OF
DOGS.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF KALISPELL, MONTANA, THAT
SECTION 2 OF ORDINANCE N0. 666, OF THE CITY OF KALISPELL, MONTANA, PROVIDING FOR
VACCINATION AND LICENSING OF DOGS, BE AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 2. VACCINATION AND LICENSING OF DOGS.
(a) Every person who owns, keeps, or harbors a dog in the City of Kalispell
must annually obtain a license therefor from the City Treasurer, and shall pay to
the City Treasurer for such license the sum of THREE AND N0/100 -- DOLLARS ($3.00)
for each male dog and spayed female dog, and TEN AND NO/100 -- DOLLARS ($10.00) for
each unspayed female dog, and all licenses issued hereunder shall expire on the
31st day of March of each year;
(b) PROVIDED, that no license shall be issued for any dog until the City
Treasurer has been furnished with a certificate, of a licensed veterinary, stating
that such dog is protected, by vaccination, against rabies for a period of at least
one year from, and after, the date of application for such license; and PROVIDING
further, that no license shall be issued for a spayed female dog until the City.
Treasurer has been furnished with a Certificate from a licensed veterinary that
such female has been spayed, except renewal_ licenses -maybe issued as.to such female
without the production of such certificate on each application for a new license..
(c) Upon the delivery to the City Treasurer.of a veterinary's certificate,
or certificates, as herein required and the payment of the license fee, it shall be
the duty of the City Treasurer to issue a license to said person bearing the same
number as the number to be worn on the collar of the dog, as hereinafter provided.
The said license. shall give the date of issue, the date of expiration, the amount
paid, the name and address of the person to whom issued, and the name and sex of
the dog. The City Treasurer shall furnish with each license a metal tag, which
shall be stamped with the number to correspond with the number of the license, and
the year for which issued. In case a dog is brought within the corporate limits,
within the license year, the owner or person having such dog in charge shall obtain
a license for said dog as herein provided, and the City Treasurer shall thereupon
issue a license as in other cases. Provided, however, that the provisions of this
paragraph shall not apply to any person visiting in the City for a period not exceed-
ing thirty (30) days and owning or possessing a dog currently licensed and bearing
a license issued by another licensing authority;
(d) The metal tag as described hereinabove shall be attached to the collar
of the dog, which the owner or person in charge of the dog shall provide and which
shall be placed and kept upon the neck of the dog so licensed. If the metal tag
be lost, a duplicate tag shall be obtained by taking application to the City
Treasurer, who shall issue such duplicate tag upon payment by the applicant of a
fifty cent (.50) fee;
(e) ,The City Treasurer shall keep a suitable record of the licenses issued
under the provisions of this Ordinance and shall record all of the facts required
to be stated in the license.
PASSED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF KALISPELL, MONTANA,
THIS 4th DAY OF APRIL, 1960.
APPROVED BY THE MAYOR OF THE CITY OF KALISPELL, MONTANA,
THIS 4th DAY OF APRIL, 1960.
ATTEST H. J. Hunt Howard,V. Hammer
City Clerk Mayor
I, H. J. Hunt, City Clerk of the City of Kalispell, Montana, do hereby certify
that on the 5th day of April, 1960, I posted a copy of the foregoing ordinance in
my office and the same remained posted for a period of five days and the foregoing
is a true and correct copy of the ordinance as passed by the City Council.
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City Clerk of the City of Kalispell, Montana