Las Vegas City Ordinances, March 31, 1933 to October 25, 1950, lvc000014-294

Section 32. It shall be unlawful for any person to unjustifiably admin­ister any poisonous or noxious drug pr substance tp any animal, other than a horse, mule or domestic cattle, or to unjustifiably expose any such drug or substance with intent that the same shall be taken by an animal, other than a horse, mule or domestic cattle, whether such animal be the property of himself or another; provided, that nothing herein contained shall be construed to prevent or restrict the pound- master and City Health Officer in the exercise and performance of the powers and duties in this ordinance set forth as to them, and any properly conducted scientific experiments or investigations performed only under the authority and direction of the faculty of any regularly incorporated medical college or university of the State of Nevada. Section 33. It shall be unlawful for any person to wilfully throw, drop or place, or cause to be thrown, dropped or placed upon any road, highway, street, alley or public place, or upon the private property of another, any glass, nails, pieces of metal or other substance which might wound, disable or injure any animal, or to drop, place or throw or cause to be dropped, placed or thrown any substance or device upon his own property with intent to wound, disable or injure any animal. Section 34. It shall be unlawful for any person to carry or cause to be carried in or upon any vehicle, enclosed device, or otherwise, any animal in a cruel or inhuman manner, or so as to produce torture. Section 35. Any person who violates any of the provisions of Sections 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33 and 34 of this ordinance shall be deemed guilty of a mis­demeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be punished by a fine of not more than Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00), or by imprisonment in the city jail for not more than six (6) months, or by both such fine and imprisonment. Section 36. Ordinance No. 5 entitled "An Ordinance to Prohibit Stock Running at Large," approved July 18, 1911, Ordinance No. 12 of the City of Las Vegas entitled 'An Ordinance Providing for the Collection of a Dog License or Tax", approved September 8, 1941, Ordinance No. 19 entitled "An Ordinance Amending Ordinance No. 12 of the City of Las Vegas entitled 'An Ordinance Providing for the Collection of a Dog License of Tax', approved November 1, 1911, Ordinance No. 51 entitled "An Ordinance Prohibiting Dogs From Running at Large in the Streets Alleys, or Public Places of the City of Las Vegas and Repealing Ordinance No. 19, Entitled 'An Ordinance Amending Ordinance No. 12 of the City of Las Vegas, Entitled. 'Entitled, 'An Ordinance Providing for the Collection of a Dog License or Tax' and all Ordinances and Parts of Ordinances in Conflict Herewith'," approved Jan­uary 7, 1914, Ordinance No. 58 entitled "An Ordinance Providing for the Collection of a Dog Tax or License," approved October 7, 1914, Ordinance No. 63 entitled "An Ordinance Prohibiting Dogs from Running at Large within the Limits of the City Of Las Vegas, in the County of Clark, State of Nevada, and Requiring all Persons Owning, Keeping or Harboring any Dog or Dogs Within the Limits of the City of Las Vegas to Keep Said Dog or Dogs on Their Premises and at all Times to Wear a Dog Muzzle," approved March 11, 1916, and Ordinance No. 101 entitled "An Ordinance Providing for a City Pound; Appointment of a Pound Master and Deputy Pound Master; Providing Rules and Regulations for the Government of Same; Prohibiting Animals Running at Large Within the City and Providing for the Custody and Sale of Same and Matters Relating Thereto; Fixing the Fees to be Charged by the Pound Master, His Salary and His Duties; Fixing a Penalty for the Violation of Any of the Provisions Hereof, and Repealing all Ordinances or Parts of Ordinances in Conflict Herewith, and Specifically Repealing Ordinance No. 5 of the City of Las Vegas, Entitled 'An Ordinance to Prohibit Stock Running at Large'," approved July 3,1923, and all ordinances and parts of ordinances in conflict herewith are hereby repealed. Section 37. The provisions of this ordinance shall be severable, and if any of the provisions thereof shall be held to be invalid or unconstitutional, such decision shall not affect the validity or constitutionality of any of the remaining provisions of this ordinance. It is hereby declared as the intent of the Board of Commissioners that this ordinance would have been adopted had such in­valid or unconstitutional provision not been included therein. Section 38. This ordinance shall be in full force and effect upon its publication, as in the next section provided, and final passage. Section 39. The City Clerk and Clerk of the Hoard of Commissioners of the City of Las Vegas shall cause this Ordinance to be published once a week for two successive weeks immediately following its first reading and adoption, in the Las Vegas Evening Review Journal, a daily newspaper published in the City of Las Vegas. /s/ E. W. Cragin Mayor ATTEST: /s/ Helen Scott Reed City Clerk The above and foregoing Ordinance was first proposed and read by title to the Board of City Commissioners on the 9th day of May , 1947 and referred to the following committee composed of Commissioners ____Baskin and Clark________ for recommendation; thereafter the said committee reported favorably on the said