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Ordinance 0021ORDINANCE N0. 21. Amending an Ordinance entitled "an Ordinance to prevent ani- mals from running at large within certain limits of the Town of Edmonds". Be it ordained by the Council of the Town of Edmonds. SECTION 1: That an Ordinance entitled "an Ordinance to pre- vent animals from running at large within certain limits of theijeuc� Town of Edmonds", passed by the Council of the Town of Edmonds, the twentieth day of October 1890, be, and the same, is hereby so 1, 8; amended as to read as follows: cattle, horses, mules, swine, sheep, goats and other animals of such species, shall no ,permitted to run at large, excepting milch cows which may run at large between the hours of five o'clock A.M. and eight O'clock P.M. Provided, that no one person shall be allowed to let more than two cows run during the time above mentioned. Provided, further, that each one person having two cows running at large, as hereinbefore mentioned, must be a "bona fide" owner within the following limits of the Town of Edmonds, viz. Be ginning at a point at low water mark west of and opposite the See ion line between Sections twenty-three (23) and twenty -fog (24), twenty-five (25), and twenty-six (26), Township twenty- seven (27) of Range three (3) East; thence East on said Section line to the Northwest corner of the Northeast quarter (4) of the Northeast Quarter (4) of Section twenty-six (26); thence South eighty (80) Rods; thence East one hundred and sixty (160) rods; thence North one hundred and sixty (160) Rods; thence East one hun- dred and sixty (160) Rods; thence North eighty (80) rods; thence West to low water mark; thence Southwesterly along the low water line to place of beginning, the same to be the boundaries of the Town of Edmonds. SECTION 2: The Town Marshal or any Police Officer of the (2v4_�L c�u Town shall take up and impound any of the aforesaid animals found " F (excepting milch cows which may run at large between the hours of y,, r five o'clock A.M. and eight o'clock P.M., provided, that no one (/ person shall be allowed to let more than two cows run at large dur- ing the time above mentioned) running at large within the limits described in Section One of this Ordinance; and for each day or part of a day that such animals shall be impounded, the owner thereof shall pay to the Town Marshal fifty cents (50¢)for the care and keeping thereof, the further sum of two and 50/100 dollars as an impounding foe. SECTI O27 3. If at the expiration of two days the amount so due shall not be paid, the Torn Marshal shall proceed to give at least five days notice to be published in the official newspaper of the town of the time and place where and when he will expose the said animal or animals to sale by public auction at which time and place he shall at public auction expose the said animal or animals to sale and out of the proceeds shall pay all the expenses aforesaid, and all other necessary expenses, and pay the residue to the Town Treasurer. The said notice shall describe the said animal or animals with reasonable certainty, and shall state:to whom, if anyone, the Town Marshal supposes said animal or animals belong, and if such owners' name is wholely unknown to the Marshal that fact shall be stated in said notice. If such owner shall be known to the Town Marshal and can be found within the Town, a copy of said notice shall be served upon him at least one day prise to the sale. ,, O� SECTI01d 4: The Town Marshal shall file with the Clerk with- G etA,-in five days after such sale, a report in writing, setting forth all the above matters touching any such sale. Such report shall be signed by him and (as affecting the validity of any such sale) 7 shall be absolutely conclusive of thefacts therein stated. �.� [U SECTIOJ 5: For all services not provided for in this Ordi- 1 ance the Town Marshal shall be allowed the usual fees for similar services payable out of the proceeds of the sale. SECTION 6: The owner or such animal or animals may have the -ame delivered to him at any time before the sale by paying all the accrued expenses; or at any time after such sale, on applica- tion to the Town Council. Such owner shall be entitled to a war- rant on the Treasurer for any surplus of such sale paid, -to the Treasurer, without interest. o� "� SECTION 7: The owner of such animal or animals may redeem -6-y a'�he same at any time within thirty days after thesale by paying l the purchaser the amount paid by him for such animal and in ad- dition thereto one percent per month therefor. All Ordinances or parts of Ordinances in conflict herewith are hereby repealed. SECTION 8: This Ordinance shall take effect and be inf orce from and after its passage, approval and publication. eala_14 passed by the 0ouncil of the Town of Edmonds the nineteenth day of April 1892. Approved by me the nineteenth day of April 1892. Paul B. Hyner, Mayor pro Tan Attest by me the nineteenth day of April 1892. A.M.prichard, Town Clerk. I hereby certify that I published the foregoing Ordinance by posting a true copy oif the same in three public places in the Town of Edmonds. A.M.Prichard, Town Clerk.