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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. A j��w,A City Clerk of the City of Kalispell, Montana