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~N ORDINANCE TO AMEND ~{E CODE OF THE CITY OF FORTSMOU~{, VIRGINIA, 1961, BY A}4ENDING SECTION 3-]6, PERTAINING TO /]{E REDEMPTION OF IMPOUNDED DOGS ;~ND BY ADDING ~HERETO NEW SECTIONS NUMBERED 3-23~ 3-24, 3-25, 3-26, 3-27, 3-28, 3-29, 3-30, 3-31, 3-32 AND 3-33, PROVIDING FOR THE DISPOSITION, QUAR~V~"FINE AND REPORT OF RABID DOGS REQUIRING THE VACCINATION AND CERTIFICATION THEREOF OF ALL DOGS OVER THE AGE OF FOUR MONTHS, PROVIDING FOR TIIE IMPOUNDING OF UNVACCINATED DOGS, AND PROVIDING PENALTIES FOR THE VIOLATION OF SUCH SECTIONS, ge ~t ordained by the Council of the City of Portsmouth, Virginia, that the Code of the City of Portsmouth, Virginia, 1961, be amended by amending section 3-16 thereof and by adding thereto new sections numbered 3-23, 3-24, 3-25, 3-26, 3-27, 3-28, 5-29~ 3-30. $-31, 3-32 and 3-33, such amended, and new sections to read as follows: Sec. 3-16. Same - Redempz~on. Every dog impounded as provided in section 3-15 shall be penned for five days from the lime of capture, during which time it may be redeemed by the owner by paying to the attendant at the dog pound the sum of three dollars for the first day and one dollar for each additional day, or any part thereof, to cover the cosg of maintaining a pen for such dog and of the care and keep of such dog, and by exhibiting to the person in charge of the dog pound~ the receipt for the tax required to be paid by state law. All such impounding foes shall be paid over to the city treasurer monthly, ARTICLE IV~ RABIES CONTROL Sec. 3-23. Disposition of dogs known to have rabies. It shall be the duty of any person owning or having custody of any dog known to have rabies to at once cause such animal to be killed and the body to be buried or burned. In the event of the failure of the o~mer or person having custody of such dog to cause such animal to be killed, it shall be the duty of the police, upon request from the director of public