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-2- ~ SECTION V. ~ Issuance of Ta~s. 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. ~ Affixin~ Ta~s. Every owner of a dog required to be licensed is required to provide such dog with a collar to which the license and vaccination tags must be affixed and the collar with tags attached must be worn by such dog at all times. SECTION VI. Records. The City shall keep a record of all dog licenses issued with the name, address and phone number of the person to whom issued and name, age, description of the dog and dates of rabies vaccinations. SECTION VIr. h Imnoundinlt'. Any dog foUnd running at large or any dog found without" valid tags disnlayed shall be seized and may be impounded., All. dogs impounded shillr be kept for at leas~ five days, unless sooner reclaimed by the owner or returned to the- owner. .' ~ Redemntion. Any dog may be redeemed from the pound by the owner upon the payment" of impoundment fee for each day of imnoundment and it' the owner has a current" license at1:ached to the animal and proof' of rabies vaccination is presented. Said fee shall be set by City" Council and reviewed. periodically and kept on record wii;h the City" CLerk: and Poundmaster. C. Permissible Return of Unrestrained Dolt'. No "twi.th- standing the- provisions of paragraph A, if a licensed animal. is found unrestrained and its owner can be identified and' located. such animal. need not. be impounded but may,. insi;ead be i;aken to the owner. Tn such case, however. proceedings may be i;aken against the, owner for violation ot' this ordinance. . !h Di~os1::tion of Unclaimed Do,!l;s~ Any dog which is not claimed wimin f~ve days after impounding may be sold, for not less than me amount" provided' in paragraph B to anyone desiring to purChase me dpg.. unless said dog is requested by a Licensed educa- tion scientific institution under Minnesota Statute Section 35.,71.. - A:ll such funds shall be paid to the City of Centerville' and placed in the General Pund. Any dog which is not claimed' by the owner or sold shall be humanely destroyed. S2CTION VIII. Establishment o~ Pound. A City pound is est"ablished which shall be at such location, either within or' without the City, as the Council by resolution shall designate. A poundmaster shall. be appointed by the Council who shall attend to the maintenance of such pound and he shall ~ile a moni;hly report with the Council relating to the operation of such pound.. The 'Oound shall. be main- tained in a clean and orderly manner and subject to periodic inspection by the City Health Officer.