O-54-0346
ORDINANCE NO. /Q S'
BE IT ORDAINED by the President and Board of Trustees of the
Village of Deerfield, that:
Section 1. Whenever any dog bites a person within the Village, the
owner of said dog shall immediately notify the Chief of Police, who
shall order the dog held on the owner's premises for a period of two
weeks, or shall have the dog placed in custody of a licensed veterin-
arian for a period of two weeks. The dog shall be examined -h m.ediately
after it has bitten anyone and again at the end of the two week period.
If at the end of the two weeks a veterinarian is convinced that the dog
is then free from rabies, the dog shall be released from quarantine or
from the veterinarian's custody as the case may be. If the dog dies
in the meanwhile, its head shall be sent to the State Department of
Health for examination for rabies.
Section 2. Any person, firm or corporation violating any provisions
of this ordinance shall be fined not less than one dollar noremore than
one hundred dollars for each offense; and a separate offense will be
deemed committed on each day during or on which a violation occurs
or continues.
PASSED: This 8th- dagr-of. "February, A.P. , 1
ATTEST:
Village Cle rk
illage President
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