No. 4031.

Be it Ordained by the Common Council of Kansas City.

Article.

CHAPTER 1.

ANIMALS RUNNING AT LARGE.

Article.

I. Power and Duties of Dog Enu- II. Dogs and Other Animals. merator and Public Impounder.

Section 1. Appointment of Enumerator and Impounder.There is hereby created the office of dog enumerator and public impounder and at the first regular meeting of the council, after the passage and publication of this ordinance, and on or before the first day of May of each succeeding two years thereafter, the Mayor, by and with the consent of the Upper House of the Common Council, shall appoint a dog enumerator and public impounder, whose duty it shall be to enforce all ordinances regulating or in any manner relating to dogs, hogs, horses, mules. asses, sheep, goats and cattle, or either of said classes of animals. He shall, unless sooner removed, hold his office for two years. and until his successor is appointed and qualified.

Sec. 2. Shall Give Bond.-Before entering upon his duties he shall give bond to the city, with good and sufficient securities, to be approved by the City Comptroller, in the sum of two thousand five hundred dollars, conditioned upon the faithful performance of his official duties and that he will properly account to Kansas City for all money received by him in his official capacity.

Sec. 3. Enumeration and Record. The dog enumerator and public impounder shall make an enumeration of the dogs of the

city of Kansas City and shall serve notice on the owners, keepers or harborers of such dogs to register the same, as provided in this ordinance. He shall keep a legible record of the same which shall be open at all times to the inspection of any person.

Sec. 4. Assistants.-The dog enumerator and public Impounder is hereby authorized and directed to employ one assistant, who shall be located at the public pound, and who shall receive compensation at the rate of seventy-five dollars ($75.00) per month while employed, and one assistant for general work, who shall receive compensation at the rate of twenty-five dollars ($25.00) per month while employed. Said assistants shall be paid in the same manner and at the same time as other officers and employes of the city are paid.

Sec. 5. Commission of Assistants. All assistants employed by the dog enumerator and public impounder shall be required to get a written commission from the City Clerk, and shall register their names with the said City Clerk.

Sec. 6. To Wear Badges.-The dog enumerator and public impounder and each of his assistants shall wear a badge with the words "Dog Enumerator" or "Public Impounder" plainly legible thereon, and must be worn in some conspicuous place about the person while engaged in performing the duties prescribed in this

ordinance.

Sec. 7. Penalty. The dog enumerator and public impounder and any person who shall act as assistant to the dog enumerator and public impounder, without first taking out the commission. provided for herein, or in wearing the badge as prescribed herein, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof shall be fined not less than five dollars nor more than fifty dollars.

Sec. 8. Compensation.-The dog enumerator and public impounder shall be entitled to receive for his services 20 per cent of the money received by the City Treasurer for the registration of dogs, but the maximum sum of said fees shall not exceed the sum of fifteen hundred dollars in any one fiscal year. Said fees, which shall be twenty per cent of the moneys received by the City Treasurer during the previous month for the registration of dogs,