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Ord 0398-REQUIRING ALL DOGS OVER 90 DAYS OLD TO BE VACCINATED WITH ANTI-RABIES VACCINE BEFORE THEY ARE LICENSED AND PROVIDING FOR EMERGENCY VACCINATION OF SAID DOGS AND PROVIDING REGULATIONS TO CONTROL RABIEST ORDINANCE NO. AN ORDINANCE REQUIRING ALL DOGS OVER 90 DAYS OLD TO BE VACCINATED WITH ANTI-RABIES VACCINE BEFORE THEY ARE LICENSED AND PROVIDING FOR EMERGENCY VACCINATION OF SAID DOGS AND PROVIDING REGULATIONS TO CONTROL RABIES. THE TOWN COUNCIL OF THE TOWN OF LOS GATOS DOES ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. RABIES - NOTICE - If a dog is believed to have rabies or has been bitten by an animal suspected of having rabies, such dog shall be confined by a leash or chain, or separate enclosure on the owner's premises and shall be placed under the observation of a licensed veterinarian at the expense of the owner for a period of two (2) weeks. The owner shall notify the Poundmaster or a Police Officer of the fact that his dog has been exposed to rabies, and at his dis- cretion the Poundmaster is empowered to have such dog removed from the owner's premises to a Veterinary Hospital and there placed under observation for a period of two (2) weeks at the expense of the owner. It shall be unlawful for any person knowing or suspecting a dog has rabies to allow such dog to be taken off his premises, or beyond the limits of the Town of Los Gatos without the written permission of the Poundmaster. Every owner or other person upon ascertaining a dog is rabid shall immediately notify the Pound- master or a Police Officer, who shall remove the dog to the pound. Section 2. VACCINATION It shall be unlawful for the owner of any dog over ninety (90) days old to keep and maintain such dog within the Town of Los Gatos unless it shall have been vaccinated by a licensed veterinarian with anti-rabies vaccine within two (2) years if ®l® 0 0 J avianized vaccine is used, and within one (1) year if phenolized vaccine is used preceding the date on which such dog is kept or maintained in the Town of Los Gatos. Section 3. LICENSING Before a dog license is issued under the provisions of Ordinance Nom 268 of the Town of Los Gatos, a certificate of anti-rabies vaccine covering the license:?.period must be furnished to the Town License. Collector for all dogs over ninety (90) days old, and the owner of such dog must present such certificate of vaccination, issued to said owner by a duly authorized Health Department Clinic, or by a duly licensed veterinarian, licensed under the laws of the State of California, which such certificate must describe the dog and must indicate the period of time the vaccination is valid to wit: Two (2) years if avian.ized vaccine is used, and one (1) year if phenolized vaccine is used. Section 4m PENALTY Any person, firm or corporation., whether as principal, agent, employee or otherwise, violating or causing the violation of any of the provisions of this ordinance shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be punishable by a fine of not more than Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00) or by imprisonment in the County Jail of the County of Santa Clara for a term not exceeding six (6) months, or by both such fine and imprisonment. Such person, firm or corporation shall be deemed guilty of a separate offense for each and every day during any portion of which any violation of this ordinance is committed, continued or permitted by such person, firm or corporation, and shall be punishable as herein provided. 2- 0 E Section 5. SEPARABILITY OF PROVISION It is the intention of the Town Council of the Town of Los Gatos that each separate provision of this Ordinance shall be deemed independent of all other provisions herein, and it is further the intention of the Town Council of the Town of Los Gatos that if any provision of this Ordinance be declared invalid, all other provisions thereof shall remain valid and enf orceable. y Section 6d URGENCY - EFFECTIVE DATE This Ordinance shall be and is hereby declared to be an Urgency-Ordinance and shall take effect immediately, and the following is a declaration of the fact constituting the urgency: The State Department of Public Health declared on May 25, 1956, the entire County of Santa Clara, including all incorporated areas thereof as "rabies endemic area." as the result of the re- cognition of rabies in Santa Clara County and in order to prevent the spread of rabies among animals, and to avoid the possibility of human beings becoming infected with this fatal disease, this Ordinance is passed for the immediate preservation of the public health and safety. The above and foregoing Ordinance was duly and regularly introduced at a regular meeting of the Town Council of the Town of Los Gatos held on the day of t , 1956, and there- . F f' after at a regular meeting he d on the day of 1956, duly and regularly adopted by the following voteV AYES: COUNCILMEN: - 3- NOES: ABSENT: COUNCILMEN: COUNCILMEN: sr.~ APPROVED: r o th.e 'Tol4h/of tog Gatos ATTEST: A TOWN C -RK OF THE TOWN OF LOS GATOS . -4-