(A) The Town Marshal shall be authorized and ordered to capture, pick up or detain any dog determined by him or her to be running at large within the corporate limits of the town.
(B) Upon the capture, pick up or detention, the animal shall be delivered to a veterinarian licensed by the state, and designated by the town, who shall hold the animal for a period not to exceed three full days, during which time the animal may be claimed by its owner, keeper or harborer after payment of the fees and charges stated in this section.
(C) To claim any animal having come under the control of the veterinarian described above, the owner, keeper or harborer thereof must pay the following fees and charges and provide the following proof:
(1) A sum, as set by Town Council from time to time, per day to the veterinarian for the boarding of the animal;
(2) A sum, as set by Town Council from time to time, to the Town Clerk-Treasurer, which sum shall be deposited in the General Fund of the town;
(3) Written documentation evidencing proof that the animal has had the rabies shots prescribed by law and been so vaccinated; and
(D) In the event that the animal is not claimed by its owner within the three-day period, then the veterinarian is authorized to dispose of the animal in a humane manner.
(1998 Code, § 3-2) Penalty, see § 90.99