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ORDINANCE NO. 345 AN ORDINANCE TO REPEAL SECTION 25 AND TO AMEND SECTIONS 22, 26 AND 27 OF ORDINANCE NO. 331 OF THE CITY OF LAS VEGAS ENTITLED: "AN ORDINANCE ESTABLISHING A PUBLIC POUND; PRESCRIBING THE POWERS AND DUTIES OF THE POUNDMASTER; FIXING THE FEES AND CHARGES TO BE COLLECTED BY HIM, AN D DIRECTING THE DISPOSITION THEREOF: PROVIDING FOR THE REGISTRATION OF DOGS AND DOG KENNELS AND FIXING THE FEES THEREFOR; PROVIDING FOR THE VACCINATION OF DOGS AND CATS; PROVIDING FOR THE REDEMPTION, SALE OR OTHER DISPOSITION OF DOGS AND OTHER ANIMALS IMPOUNDED; PROHIBITING CRUELTY TO ANIMALS; PROVIDING A PENALTY FOR THE VIOLATION OF ANY OF THE PROVISIONS THEREOF; REPEALING ORDINANCES NO. 5, 12, 19, 51, 58, 63 and 101, AND ALL ORDINANCES AND PARTS OF ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF LAS VEGAS IN CONFLICT THEREWITH, AND OTHER MATTERS PROPERLY RELATING THERETO." The Board of Commissioners of the City of Las Vegas do ordain as follows: Section 1. Section 22 of the above-entitled ordinance is hereby amended, revised and re-enacted to read as follows: Section 22. It shall be the duty of the poundmaster upon the request of any owner or possessor of any dead animal to forthwith bury or destroy the same in such manner as the City Health Officer may prescribe and, in the case of dead dogs or cats, only after examination by the City Health Officer where there is no record in his department or other satisfactory proof that such dog or cat has been previously vaccinated against rabies within the year next preceding its death, for which service the poundmaster shall charge and collect the following fees; For burying or destroying horses, oxen, bulls, or cows, per head $5.00 For burying or destroying jacks, mules, steer or colts, per head $5.00 For burying sheep, goats, or calves, per head $2.50 For burying dogs, cats, or other animals not enumerated, each $1.50 Section 2. Section 25 of the above-entitled ordinance is hereby repealed. Section 3. Section 26 of the above-entitled ordinance is hereby amended, revised and re-enacted to read as follows: Section 26. Whenever any animal is taken up for impounding, the poundmaster shall, upon the sale or redemption thereof, upon the recommendation of the City Health Officer where there is no record in his department or other satisfactory proof that such animal has been previously vaccinated against rabies within the year next preceding the taking up and impounding of the same, cause such animal to be so vaccinated by the health officer, and shall charge and receive in addition to all other fees and charges herein mentioned the fee of $1.00 for such vaccination which shall be paid over by him to the City of Las Vegas Department of Health. Section 4. Section 27 of the above-entitled ordinance is hereby amended, revised and re-enacted to read as follows: Section 27. No dog or cat shall be buried or otherwise disposed of by the poundmaster or any other person unless and until the City Health Officer has examined the same, where there is no record in his department or other satisfactory proof that such dog or cat has been previously vaccinated against rabies within the year next preceding its death, but no charge for such examination and burial or disposal shall be made against the City of Las Vegas. Section 5. All ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict with the provisions of this ordinance are hereby repealed. Section 6. This ordinance shall be in full force and effect upon its publication, as in the next section provided, and fina. passage. Section 7. The City Clerk and Clerk of the Board 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. ATTEST: Helen Scott Reed____________ E. W. Cragin_______________ City Clerk Mayor (Seal) The above and foregoing ordinance was first proposed and read by title to the Board of City Commissioners on the 22nd day of January, 1948, and referred to the following committee composed of Commissioners Whipple and Moore, for recommendation; thereafter the said committee reported favorably on the said ordinance on the 6th day of February, 1948, which was the next regular meeting of said Board of City Commissioners; that at said regular meeting held on the 6th day of February, 1948, the proposed ordinance was read in full to the Board of City Commissioners as first introduced and adopted by the following vote: Voting "Aye": Commissioners Baskin, Clark, Moore, Whipple and His Honor Mayor Cragin. Voting "Nay": None Absent: None. ATTEST: APPROVED: Helen Scott Reed___________ E. w. Cragin_____________________ City Clerk Mayor (SEAL)