If any person shall leave any horse or other animals attached to any carriage, wagon, cart or other vehicle in any street, avenue, alley or lane within the corporate limits of the city without securely fastening the same, or without the same being fastened by a chain or strap from the bit to a metal weight upon the ground, such weight weighing fifteen (15) pounds at least for a single horse and twenty-five (25) pounds for a team, every such person shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor.
(1953 Code, ch. 4, ยง 40)