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-:>~ 6- ~, .' . ... -~ JULY 13, 1976 TUESDAY The regular semi-monthly meeting of the Council of the City of Martinsville, Virginia, with Mayor Harry L. Boaz presiding, was held Tuesday, July 13, 1976, in the Council Chamber, City Hall, beginning at 7:30 P.M., all members--with the exception of Vice-Mayor Hobson--being present, viz., Harry L. Boaz, Mayor; G. S. Fitz-Hugh, Jr.; Barry A. Greene; and Morton W. Lester. After the invocation, Council approved--as recorded--the minutes of its regular meeting held June 22, 1976 and of its special meeting held July 8, 1976. In connection with, and supplementing, the enactment by Council on June 22, 1976 of an amendment to Section 3-9 of the City Code, pertaining to the so-called "Dog Leash Law" ordinance and to the Special Citizens Committee's recommendations thereon, Council unanimously adopted (on second reading) the following ordinance amending Sections 3-10 and 3-14 of the City Code, effective September 1, 1976: BE IT ORDAINED by the Council of the City of Martinsvi11e, Virginia, in regular meeting assembled this thirteenth day of July, 1976, that Sections 3-10 and 3-14 of Chapter 3 (Article II) of the Code of the City of Martinsvi11e, Virginia, be--and are hereby--amended to read as follows: Section 3-10. Impoundment generally. Any dog found in the city not vaccinated, identified, licensed or regulated, as required in this article, shall be impounded by an authorized official of the city and such dog shall be held for a period of ten days. The dog may be released to its owner, within the first five days of the ten-day period, upon the owner's proof of ownership, vaccination of the dog, payment of the cost of impounding the dog at the rate of one dollar per day, with a minimum of three dollars, and payment of any fine assessed under the