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Sec. 12. Violation of Ordinance - a misdeameanor. <br />Violation of any provision of this ordinance shall be a misdemeanor <br />punishable by a fine of fifty dollars ($50. 00) or imprisonment for not more than <br />thirty (30) days. <br />ARTICLE H. <br />RABIES CONTROL <br />Sec. 1. Compliance with state law, article as supplement to state law. <br />(a) It shall be unlawful for any animal owner or other person to <br />fail to comply with the state laws relating to the control of rabies. <br />(b) It is the purpose of this article to supplement the state laws <br />by providing a procedure for the enforcement of state laws relating to rabies <br />control, in addition to the criminal penalties provided by state law. <br />Sec. 2. Inoculation of dogs. <br />(a) It shall be unlawful for an owner to fail to provide current <br />inoculation against rabies (hydrophobia) for any dog, four (4) months of age or <br />older. Should it be deemed necessary by the District Health Director, the Board <br />of County Commissioners or the State Public Health Veterinarian that other pets <br />be inoculated in order to prevent a threatened epidemic or to control an existing <br />epidemic, it shall be unlawful for an owner to fail to provide current inoculation <br />against rabies for that pet. <br />(b) A rabies inoculation shall be deemed "current" for a dog if <br />two inoculations have been given one year apart and booster doses of rabies vaccine <br />administered every three years thereafter. <br />Sec. 3. Inoculation tag. <br />(a) Upon complying with the provisions of Section 2 of this article, <br />there shall be issued to the owner of the animal inoculated a numbered metallic tag, <br />stamped with the number and the year for which issued, and indicating that the <br />animal has been inoculated against rabies. <br />(b) It shall be unlawful for any dog owner to fail to provide the dog <br />with a collar or harness to which a current tag issued under this section is securely <br />attached. The collar or harness, with attached tag, must be worn at all times, except <br />as provided by Article I, Section 10(d) of this ordinance. <br />(c) It shall be unlawful for any person to use for any animal a rabies <br />inoculation tag issued for an animal other than the one using the tag. <br />