A. The Chairman of the City Council of the City is empowered to issue a proclamation giving notice that all dogs shall be muzzled by the owners thereof whenever he deems the existence or spreading of rabies or hydrophobia warrants the issuance of such proclamation. Said Chairman is empowered, in said proclamation, to provide as a penalty for the owner of a dog failing to muzzle his dog in obeyance of such proclamation, either the destruction of the dog, or a fine of not to exceed twenty five dollars ($25.00). Said Chairman may state in said proclamation the period during which all dogs shall be kept muzzled.
B. The Chairman of the City Council of the City is empowered to issue a proclamation requiring that all dogs of whatever age within the corporate limits of the City be inoculated against rabies or hydrophobia, or kept closely confined by the owners thereof or destroyed whenever he deems the existence or spread of rabies or hydrophobia warrants the issuance of such proclamation, to provide in said proclamation for the destruction or confining of dogs brought into the Village limits, and the penalty for violation of said proclamation, such penalty to be the destruction or confining of the dog not inoculated or confined, or fine upon the owner thereof not exceeding twenty five dollars ($25.00) or both. Dog owners shall file with the City Clerk evidence of inoculation. (1994 Code; Ord. 114, 1924; Ord. 75, 1918)