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AN ORDINANCE AMENDING ORDINANCE NO. 2028, BEING AN
ORDINANCE PROVIDING FOR THE LICENSING AND REGULATION
OF DOGS WITHIN THE CITY OF FORT WORTH BY ADDING
SECTIONS 11 (a), 11 (b) and 11 (c); PRESCRIBING
QUARANTINE REGULATIONS.; DIRECTING OWNERS AND VETERI-
NARIANS TO REPORT DOGS SUSPECTED OF RABIES; STM_
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THE VIOLATION THEREOF.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT WORTH, TEXAS:
SECTION 1,
That Ordinance No. 2028 be amended by adding thereto Sections
11 (a), 11 (b) and 11 (c), and after being so amended said sections
shall read as follows:
11 (a) Any animal of the dog kind that has rabies or
symptoms thereof, or that is suspected of having rabies or
that has been exposed to rabies shall be at once released
to the dog catcher for disposal or confined in a veterinary
hospital approved by the Director of the Department of
Public Health and Welfare, or immediately and securely con-
fined by tying with a chain of good quality and kept there
under the supervision of the Department of Public Health
and Welfare for a period of not less than sixty days.
11 (b) Every animal dT-ffe- dog hind that has rabies or
symptoms thereof, or any animal that bites, scratches or
otherwise attacks any persons within the city limits shall
be immediately and securely confined by the owner, or one
having custody, by tying with a chain of good quality for
a period of fourteen days in such a place that no person
or animal may be bitten by it, and there held subject to
inspection from time to time so as to be able to determine
whether said animal is affected by rabies; or said animal
shall be quarantined and held for a like time in any
veterinary hospital approved by the Director of the Depart-
ment of Public Health and Welfare or shall be held at the,
citypound for fourteen days, after which time the dog shall
be killed if in quarantine at the city pound.
11 (c) It shall be the duty of the owner or the har-
borer or the practicing veterinarian to report to the Di-
rector of the Department of Public Health and Welfare all
cases of rabies with which he comes in contact or to which
his attention has been directed. This report shall be made
immediately upon diagnosis or suspicion of such cases of
rabies.
SECTION 2.
This ordinance shall be and is hereby declared to be cumulative
of all ordinances of the City of Fort Worth, Texas, providing for the
licensing and regulation of dogs, and shall not operate to repeal or
affect any such ordinance or ordinances except insofar as the provisions
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of such ordinance or ordinances are in conflict with the provisions of
this ordinance, in which instance, or instances, those provisions
shall be and they are hereby repealed.
SECTION 3,
Any person violating any of the provisions of this ordinance shall
upon conviction be fined in any sum of money not to exceed Two Hundred
Dollars ($200.00).
SECTION b,
This ordinance shall take effect and be in full force and effect
from and after the date of its passage and publication as provided
by law,
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
City Attorney.
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