(A) Whenever any dog or cat bites a person, the owner of such dog or cat shall immediately notify the Town Marshal who shall order the dog or cat held on the owner’s premises or shall have it impounded for a period of two weeks.
(B) The dog or cat shall be examined immediately after it has bitten anyone and again at the end of the two-week period.
(1) If at the end of two weeks a veterinarian is convinced that the dog or cat is then free from rabies, the dog or cat shall be released.
(2) If the dog or cat dies in the meanwhile, its head shall be sent to the state’s Department of Health for examination for rabies.
(1993 Code, Title III, Art. 1, § 6)