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Registration
of all Dogs
Owner to
Register
Registration
Fee
Kennels
Dog By-law
RESOLVED by the Town Council of the Town of Oxford that the
following By-law is hereby enacted and adopted as a By-law of the Town
of Oxford and that the Clerk forward it to the Minister of Municipal
Affairs and request his approval.
DOGS
1. In this By-law,
(a) "Clerk" means Town Clerk of the Town;
(b) "Dog" means any dog, male or female;
(c) "Dog Control Officer" means a town police officer or by-law
enforcement officer appointed under the Police Act to enforce
this By-law;
(d) "Owner" of a dog includes any person who possesses or
harbours a dog;
(e) "Town" means Town of Oxford.
2. On or before the l't day of May in each year, the owner of any dog
shall register such dog with the Clerk, shall pay the tax provided
therefore by this By-law and shall obtain from the Clerk, a tag for
such dog.
3. (1) The owner of a dog who has become the owner thereof after
the first of May and which dog is not registered in his name with the
Clerk, shall within 5 days after he has become owner, register the
dog and pay the tax, obtain a tag and attach it to the collar of the
dog.
(2) A tax paid at any time after the first day of May shall be the
same amount of tax required to be paid on or before the first day of
May not withstanding that it is for any part of a year; but where the
owner acquires ownership of the dog after the expiration of six
months of the registration year, he shall only be charged one-half of
the dog tax.
(3) Registration made and tax paid after the first day of May shall
be affective until the last day of December next following the
making and payment thereof.
4. The tax shall be annually as follows:
(a) for each neutered male or spayed female dog, the annual tax
shall be ten dollars ($10.00). Proof of a neutered male or spayed
female shall be provided prior to paying the fee for such dog.
(b) for each male dog not neutered and each female dog not
spayed, the annual tax shall be fifteen dollars ($15.00).
5. The owner of a kennel of pure-bred dogs which is registered in the
Canada Kennel Register, in any year, pay to the Treasurer of the
Town ten dollars ($10.00) as a tax upon the kennel for that year,
and upon the production ofthe Treasurer's certificate of payment,
the owner of such kennel shall be exempt from assessment and any
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lost Tag
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further tax in respect of such dogs for that year.
6. The Clerk shall keep a record of every dog registered showing the
date and number of registration, and the name and description of
the dog with the name and address of the owner. The owner shall
furnish this information to the Clerk at or before the time of
registration.
7. The Clerk shall supply the owner with a metal tag for each dog
registered, with the number and year of registration stamped
thereon, and the owner of every registered dog shall keep on such
dog a collar with the tag attached thereto.
8. If an owner files with the Clerk a Statutory Declaration that a tag has
been lost, the Clerk may replace the tag that has been lost upon
payment by the owner an amount of two dollar ($2.00)
9. Any owner within the Town who sells or transfers any licensed dog
shall report to the Clerk the sale or transfer, the name and address to
whom it was sold or transferred, a description of the dog and the
number of the registration as shown on the tag issued by the Clerk.
10. The Clerk shall transfer the registration of such dog to the new
owner thereof on payment of the amount by which the tax on the
dog to the new owner would exceed any tax paid on the dog that
year by the previous owner, or in any other case, without charge.
11. No dog shall be permitted to leave the premises of the owner or be
at large within the Town unless the said dog is under the effective
restraint or control of some person in charge thereof, and the fact
that any dog is running at large shall be an offence against this By
law.
12. The owner of a dog,
(a) which runs at large contrary to this By-law, or
(b) in respect of which the tax imposed by this By-law is not paid,
or
(c) which is fierce or dangerous, or
(d) which without provocation, has attacked or injured any person
or property, or
(e) disturbs the quiet of the neighbourhood by howling, barking or
in any other manner.
is guilty of an offence against this By-law and is subject on
conviction to the penalty described by Section 24.
13. (1) The dog control officer, without notice to or complaint against
the owner of any such dog, may impound a dog;
(a) found running at large contrary to this By-law; or
(b) in respect of which the tax imposed by this By-law has not
been paid; or
(c) which is fierce or dangerous.
Impounding
Dogs may be
Killed
Dogs may be
Killed
Rabid dogs
Pound Keeper
Notice to Owner
Sale of
Impounded Dog
Registration of
Purchased Dog
Redemption
of Dog
Fees
for Impounding
Notice to
Owner
(2) It shall be the duty of a dog control officer of the (Town) to
take and impound at the pound provided by the Council for
such purpose any dog found at large within the (Town) and it
shall be the duty of the poundkeeper to receive and impound
such dog and to furnish it with food and water.
(3) If any dog runs at large within the (Town) whose present or
former owner has been convicted under this By-law by reason or
any act of said dog, it may be killed by any policeman or dog
control officer of the (Town) without notice to or complaint
against the owner.
(4) Where a dog cannot be captured or is fierce or dangerous the
dog control officer may immediately kill such dog.
(5) Any dog rabid or at large and known to be rabid shall be
immediately killed.
14. The council shall appoint a poundkeeper who shall keep all dogs
delivered to him, and furnish them food and water.
15. (1) If, at the expiration of 48 hours following the impounding of any
dog, no claim of ownership for such dog is made, it shall be the
duty of the poundkeeper to make all reasonable efforts to notify
the owner of such dog and if unable to notify the owner, the
poundkeeper shall dispose of the dog, either by selling it for the
best price obtainable or ifthe dog cannot be sold by destroying
it in a humane manner.
(2) A person resident within the (Town) purchasing an unregistered
dog from a poundkeeper shall register the dog before taking
him from the pound.
16. The proceeds of any sale after deducting the fees of the
poundkeeper shall be paid over to the Clerk.
17. If the owner appears and claims his dog before the time fixed by the
poundkeeper, the dog shall be delivered to him on payment of any
tax required by this By-law and on payment of the fees set out in
Schedule 18 (2)
18. (1) The poundkeeper shall be entitled to receive the following fees
which, unless recovered under Sections 15 or 17, shall be paid
by the Town:
(a) for board of each dog, for each 24 hour period and for any
portion of a 24 hour period, the sum of Fifteen Dollars ($15.00).
(b) on the sale by him of any dog, a commission of 20%;
(2) A person or owner claiming an impounded dog shall be liable to
pay the following:
(a) for impounding a dog the sum of Twenty Five Dollars ($25.00)
(b) for room and board, Fifteen Dollars ($15.00) per day or any part
of a day but a person purchasing an unclaimed dog shall not be
required to pay these fees.
19. The Clerk shall immediately notify every person reported to him as
the owner of an unregistered dog in the Town by letter, by ordinary
mail, postage paid and addressed to the owners address,
Owner's
Report
Tags to be
On Dog
Destruction
of Dog
Penalty
Repeal
requesting such owner forthwith to register the dog, and to comply
with this By-law.
20. The Clerk shall keep a record of every dog and its owner so reported
to him together with a description of the dog, if available, and the
name of the reporting person.
21. The owner of any dog may be required by the Clerk to deliver to the
Clerk, in writing, a statement of the number of dogs owned or
harboured by him or which are habitually kept upon the premises
and for neglect or refusal to do so, and for every false statement
made in respect thereof, he shall be liable to a penalty not
exceeding $20.00
22. Every owner who neglects to obtain a tag for each dog owned by
him and to keep it securely fixed on his dog excepting while the dog
is being lawfully used for hunting purposes, or who uses a tag upon
a dog other than that for which it was issued, shall be liable for a
penalty not exceeding $10.00.
23. Every owner of a dog shall pay to the Town a fee of thirty dollars
plus associated costs for each dog destroyed by the Town at the
request of the owner.
24. Any person who violated any provision of this By-law or otherwise
commits an offense against this By-law, except as set out in Sections
21 and 22 hereof, shall be liable on conviction to a penalty of not
less than one hundred dollars ($100.00) and not more than two
hundred and fifty dollars ($250.00) and in default of payment to
imprisonment for a period not exceeding thirty days.
25. All former By-laws of the Town heretofore enacted relating to dogs
are hereby repealed.
THIS IS TO CERTIFY that the By-law of which the foregoing is a
true copy was duly passed at a duly called meeting of the
(Town) Council of the (Town) of Oxford held on the 17th day of
May A.D., 1984
GIVEN under the hand of the (Town) Clerk and under the
corporate seal of the said (Town) this 23 rd day of May A.D.,
1984.
Town Clerk