Chapter 8.04
RUNNING AT LARGE

Sections:

8.04.010    Prohibited.

8.04.020    Impoundment charge.

8.04.030    Impoundment duty—Owner notification.

8.04.040    Sale.

8.04.050    Poundmaster designated—Costs.

8.04.010 Prohibited.

It is unlawful for the owner thereof to permit any hog, mule, horse, or any kind of cattle to run at large within the city limits. (Ord. 36 § 1, 1915).

8.04.020 Impoundment charge.

Any person who is the owner of any hog, mule, horse, or any kind of cattle found running at large within the city limits, not in the custody of any person, contrary to the provisions of this chapter, shall be charged by the city for taking up and caring for said animal in the pound and impounding the same, fifty cents for each animal and the additional expense of feeding and taking care of said animal. (Ord. 36 § 2, 1915).

8.04.030 Impoundment duty—Owner notification.

It shall be the duty of the city marshal to take into his possession and impound any hog, mule, horse or any kind of cattle permitted to run at large within the city limits and in violation of the provisions of this chapter and the marshal shall hold said animal in the pound for three days and if possible ascertain the owner of said impounded animal and notify him that said animal has been impounded for a violation of this chapter. (Ord. 36 § 3 (part), 1915).

8.04.040 Sale.

Immediately after the three days mentioned in Section 8.04.030, the marshal shall post notices in three public places within the city limits, or in some newspaper of general circulation. The notices shall give a description of the stock taken up and impounded and state that unless said animal is redeemed by the owner, it will be offered for sale at public auction, stating the hour, day and place where such sale shall occur. The sale shall in no case occur in less than thirty days from the date of the notices, and the owner of said hog, mule, horse or any kind of cattle so impounded shall have the right to redeem any stock taken up as provided in this chapter, at any time prior to the date of the sale by paying the charges for impounding the stock and the costs of keeping and feeding such stock and domestic animals. If at the time set for the sale, the stock has not been redeemed, then the marshal shall proceed to offer said stock for sale to he highest bidder for cash, and he shall retain from the proceeds of such sale the costs of keeping and feeding said stock and the charges for impounding the same. The charges and expenses so collected shall be turned over to the city clerk/treasurer and be credited by him to the current expense fund, and the overplus, if any, shall also be deposited with the city clerk/treasurer and kept by him for a period of six months, provided, if the owner of said animal so sold at any time within six months proves his ownership of said animal so sold, then said overplus shall be paid to the owner, (but if no claim or demand is made for said over-plus if any, then it shall have expired). In case there is no reasonable sum bid for any animal advertised for sale as provided in this chapter, the marshal may at his option adjourn said sale and readvertise for sale said animal from time to time. (Ord. 36 § 3 (part), 1915).

8.04.050 Poundmaster designated—Costs.

The city marshal is designated poundmaster for the enforcement of the provisions of this chapter. Any sum which may be retained as provided for in this chapter as costs for keeping and feeding stock and animals so impounded or sold by virtue thereof, shall be applied by the marshal to the payment of such costs, and the marshal shall not allow unreasonable charges for such keeping and feeding of any impounded stock or animals. (Ord. 36 § 4, 1915).