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226 disclosed by the license, by mail, and shall cause a notice to be published once in the Eugene Register-Guard describing dogs so impounded and notifying the owner or owners to immediately call for said dog, pay the cost of impounding, procure a license if the dog has none, and give the Chief of Police reasonable assurances that the dog will not again run at large. ~~=hereupon the Chief of Folice shall direct that the dog be released to his owner. Section 7. Five days after the publication of the notice hereinabove refer to, the Chief of Police is authorized to sell any impounded dog or dogs ~o ad- vertized to any purchaser who will pay his license fee and the cost of impounding and will give the Chief of Folicd assurances that the dog v:ill no longer be permitted to run at large during the prohibited period. Section 8. Ten days from the date of the publication of the notice any dogs uncalled for shall be killed in a humane manner under direction of the Humane Society. Section 9, Any dog owner, believing himself aggrieved by the seizure and impounding of his dog may apply to the City Recorder for the release of such dog and the City Recorder shall thereupon set a time and place for hearing such application and notify the Chief of Police and upon a summary hearing at such titre and place, the City Recorder shall have full power to determine whether the dog has been wrongfully impounded and v~hether he shall be returned to his owner and upon what terms. Section 10. Any person, firm, or corporation violating any of the provisions of this ordinance shall upon conviction thereof in the Recorder's Court be fined not to exceed X25.00 and the costs of the prosecution and upon default in payment of the fine may be imprisioned in the City Jail one day for each y~2.00 of such fine unpaid. Section 11. 1~,'HEREAS~: the United States is at War and the Administration had declared that the tttaintenance of Victory Gardens are essential to the national preservation, and WHEREAS no whole hearted corr~pliance with the Administration's policy can be had if dogs are permitted to run at large and destroy gardens, and baHEF~~'AS, the time has arrived for the preparation of gardens andr_the rfore an emergency is declared to exist and trte Council declares it to be necessary for the peace, health and safety of the City of Eugene that this ordinance take effect immediately upon its passage by the Common Council and its approval by the 1~~ayor, and it is so ordered. Passed by the Common Council Approved by the 1V_~ayor this 22nd day of March, 1943. ~~ % Tohn Fi P1 ds City Recorder Pro Tem this 23rd day of ih~arch, 1943. f sf E1 i sha La,~~, Mayor