Licensing of all Dogs within the Corporate Limits of City of South Bend

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ORDINANCE NO. 3562, (AMENDED) BE IT ORDAINED BY The Common Council of the City of South Bend, Indiana, that: SECTION 1. Definition of terms. As used in this ordinance, unless the context otherwise indicates, (a) "Dog "' shall be intended to mean both male and female. (b) "Owner" shall be intended to mean any person or persons, firm, association or corporation owning, keeping or harboring a dog. (c) "At large" shall be intended to mean off the premises of the owner, and not under the control of the owner or a member of his immediate family either by leash, cord, chain, or otherwise, SECTION " License and Rhg1stration Required. All dogs kept, harbored, or maintained by their owners in the City of South Bend shall be licensed and registered if over six months of age. Dog licensees shall be issued by the City Controller upon payment of a license,tax of $1000 per year provided, however, that no license shall be issued unless the owner shows, at the time it is requested, a certificate that the vaccination required by Section 11 hereafter has been made. The owner shall state at the time the application is made for such license and upon printed forms provided for such purposes, his name and address, and the name, breed, color and sex of each dog owned or kept by him. The provisions of this Section shall not be intended to apply to dogs whose owners are non - residents temporarily within the city, nor to dogs brought into the city for the purpose of par- ticipating in any dog show, nor "seeing -eye "' dogs properly trained to assist blind persons when such dogs are actually being used by blind persons for the purpose of aiding them in going from place to place. SECTION 3. Tag and Collar. Upon payment of the license fee, the Controller shall issue to the owner a license certificate and a metallic tag for each dog so licensed. The shape of the tag shall be changed every year and