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i) , j~ t ,-} -'l.. TUESDAY SEPTEMBER 27. 1966 vaccination of the dog, payment of the cost of impounding the dog at the rate of twenty-five cents per day, with a minimum of two dollars, and payment of any fine assessed under the provisions of this ordinance. At the expiration of the five-day period, any dog not so claimed by its owner may be disposed of by giving it into the possession of any person willing to pay the cost of impounding, vaccination and license. If any dog is not disposed of within the ten-day period it shall be killed in a humane manner by the impounding officer. Sec. 2-10 Appointment of Impounding Officer. An impounding officer shall be appointed by the City Manager and may be assigned to such departmental supervision as may be desirable. Sec. 2-11 Establishment of Pound; Duty of Impounding Officer. There shall be established a pound in such place as the Council may designate. It shall be the duty of the impounding officer, or his duly authorized agent, to capture and imprison, in accordance with Section 2-9, in the city pound all dogs running at large in violation of this ordinance. Sec. 2-12 Account of Monies Collected by Impounding Officer; Payment into Treasury. an accurate account shall be kept of all monies collected by the impounding officer or any of his agents and the same paid to the City Treasurer not less frequently than the last day of each month. Sec. 2-13 Wrongful Removal of Tags. No person shall wrongfully remove from the neck of any dog any metal tag hereinbefore specified. Sec. 2-14 Female Dogs in Season. It shall be unlawful for the owner of any female dog to permit such dog to stray from his premises while such dog is known to the owner to be in season. Sec. 2-15 Vicious, Barking, or Howling Dogs. (a) It shall be unlawful for any person to keep within the city any dog which is known to be vicious or which has evidenced a disposition to attack human beings without prevo cation. Any violation of this section shall be punished as provided in Section 1-6 of the City Code and, should the owner or custodian of such dog fail or refuse to comply with the terms of this section, the court may order that such dog be disposed of in a humane manner by the impounding officer. (b) The harboring or keeping of any dog which--by loud, frequent or habitual barking or howling or by any other conduct--shall cause annoyance and disturb the peace and quiet of any person or neighborhood shall be unlawful and a violation of this chapter, and any such dog is hereby declared to be a public nuisance. Any such dog--after reason- able notice has been given by the warden to the owner of such dog, if known, or upon complaint of any person, if such owner be unknown--may be impounded and confined in the city dog pound by the impounding officer,