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-2- SECTION v. ~ Issuance of Tags. Upon the payment of the license fee and presentation of a rabies vaccination certificate the City shall issue a license tag to the owner. Duplicate tags may be issued for $1.00 in replacement of a lost tag. Dog tags shall not be transferred from one dog to another and no refunds shall be made for any dog license fee. ~ Affixing Ta~s. Every owner of a rlOg requiren to be licen~erl i~ required to provirle such ~og with a collar to which the license ann vaccination taFs must be ~ffixed and the collar wi th tags attached must be v'orn by such dog at all times. SECTION VI. Records. The City shall keep a record of all dog licenseq i8~ued with the name, adrlres8 and phone number of the person to whom iRsued and name, age, description of the dog and dates of rabies vaccinations. SECTION VII. A. Irnnounding. Any nag founn running at large or any dog founn without valid t~~c di~n]ayen ~hall be seized and may be imnounr1en. All dog~ imnounneti ~hall be kept for at least. five days, unle~s ~ooner reclaimed by the owner or returned to the owner. B. Re~emntion. Any ~op may be redeemed from the pounn by the owner upon the nayment of imnounrlment fee for each day of imnounnment an~ if the O\ffier has a current licen~e attached to the animal an~ nroof of rabie~ vaccination is presented. Said fee shall be set by City Council an~ reviewed periodically and kept on record with the City Clerk ann Pounnmaster. c. Permissible Return of Unrestrained Do~. Notwith- standing the proviRionR of paragraDh A, if a licensed animal is found unre~trained and its oymer can be identified and located, such animal need not be impounded but may, instearl be taken to the owner. In such ca~e, however, proceeding~ may be taken against the owner for violation of thi~ ordinance. D. Dispopi tion of TJnclaimed Dogs. Anv oog which iR not claimed within five days after impounding may be~ sold, for not less than the amount nroviden in paragraph B to anyone desiring to purchase the dog, unle~s sain dOf i8 requested by a licensed educa- tion ~cientific institution unrler Minnesota Statute Section 15.71. All such fund~ shall be paid to the City of Centerville and placed in the General Fund. Any do,q which is not claimed by the Qvmer or sold ~hall be humanely destroye~. SECTION VIII. E~tablishment of Pound. A City pound is established which shall be at such location, either within or without the City, as the Council by re~olution shall rle~ignate. A poundmaster shall be appointed by the Council who shall attenn to the maintenance of such pound and he shall file a monthly report with the Council relating to the operation of such nound. The nound Rhall be main- tained in a clean and orderly manner and Rubject to periodic inspection by the City Health Officer.