|
<br />-~~ H C)
<br />~. ~ ~ .
<br />.ilil. ,,-_, .ilIId
<br />
<br />TUESDAY
<br />
<br />SEPTEMBER 27, 1966
<br />
<br />The regular semi-monthly meeting of the Council of the City of Martinsville,
<br />
<br />Virginia, with Mayor F. T. Renick, M.D., presiding, was held Tuesday,
<br />
<br />September 27, 1966, beginning at 7~30 P.M., in the Council Chamber, City Hall,
<br />
<br />with all members being present, viz., Dr. F. T. Renick, Mayor; E. E. Stone,
<br />
<br />Vice-Mayor; Harry L. Boaz; W. Donald Hartford; and Francis T. West.
<br />
<br />After the invocation, Council approved as recorded the minutes of its regular
<br />
<br />meeting held September 13, 1966.
<br />
<br />After hearing from several interested citizens present and after some discussion
<br />
<br />and/or comments by members of Council, Council adopted proposed amendments to
<br />
<br />Article II of Chapter 2 of the City Code, including the revisions thereto as
<br />
<br />placed on third reading September 13, 1966, and including minor revisions
<br />
<br />suggested by City Attorney Cubine as to final form, all of which are included
<br />
<br />in the following re-enacted ordinance providing for the regulation of dogs
<br />
<br />within the City's corporate limits:
<br />
<br />AN ORDINANCE AMENDING AN ORDINANCE (AS AIXlPTED NOVEMBER 26, 1957)
<br />REQUIRING THE VACCINATION OF IXlGS IN THE CITY OF MARTINSVILLE,
<br />REQUIRING THE LICENSING THEREOF, PROVIDING FOR THE APPOINTMENT OF
<br />AN IMPOUNDING OFFICER AND FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A OOG POUND,
<br />GENERALLY REGULATING OOGS WITHIN THE CITY, AND PROVIDING PENALTY
<br />FOR FAn,URE TO COMPLY THEREWITH.
<br />
<br />WHEREAS, it is the judgment of the Council of the City of Martinsville
<br />that, in the interest of public health and safety, Article II of
<br />Chapter 2 of the Code of the City of Martinsville, Virginia, 1956,
<br />and as amended, should be further amended; now, therefore,
<br />
<br />BE IT ORDAINED by the Council of the City of Martinsville, Virginia,
<br />as follows:
<br />
<br />Sec. 2-5 Vaccination.
<br />It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation to own,
<br />keep, hold or harbor any dog, over the age of 4 months, within the
<br />City of Martinsville unless said dog shall have been vaccinated or
<br />inoculated within a period of 12 months with a killed rabies vaccine
<br />approved by the Virginia State Department of Health. Any person,
<br />
|