If at the time mentioned for the sale of any animal as provided in this subchapter, it shall not have been reclaimed as above provided, the pound keeper shall proceed to sell the animal pursuant to the notice, and after deducting the expenses and charges of taking up, keeping and making sale of the animal, he or she shall pay over the proceeds of the sale forthwith to the City Treasurer, taking his or her receipt for the amount so paid, who shall pay over the same to the owner of the animal upon demand, and if no demand should be made within one year from the sale, then the proceeds of any sale shall be forfeited to the city.
(1973 Code, § 5-7) (Ord. 91, passed 5-15-1873)