(A) Any animal mentioned in the preceding section found going at large may be taken up by the Chief of Police of the town, or by any person authorized by him or her, and shall be impounded until the payment of a fine of $55, together with all expenses for keeping such animal or animals; provided, that if same be not paid within ten days, such animal so taken up shall be sold a public outcry, one week’s notice of the time and place of such sale having first been given by advertisement in the papers of the City of Charleston, South Carolina, and copy of same having been posted for the span of one week at Town Hall.
(B) The proceeds of such sale be applied to the payment of such fine and all cost and expenses connected with the keeping of such animal or animals impounded as aforesaid, and for advertising the sale of same and the balance, if any, shall be paid over to the owner.
(Prior Code, § 3-4) (Ord. passed 7-15-1986)