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R.F.: CORRECTED ORDNANCE #I5 - FOR ANIMAL CONTROL
HEALTH AND HUMAN RESOURCES COMMITTEE
?0: THE OAKLAND COUNTY BOARD or COMMISSIONERS
M. CHAIRYL”, LADIES AND .5'ENTLEMEN:
WHEREAS, Act 339 of the Public Acts of 1919, as amended, pro-
vies .that a county may adopt ordinances for the control of animals
and
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WHEREAS, there is no ordinance providing for the confinement .
of' animals which have bitten humans, nor the the cost of such . . _ _ conflnement; and .
WHEREAS, your Committee recommmds that an ordinance be —
adopted to provide that animals lahich have bitten persons must be
con:ned for a period of 10 days and the cost bc the rePonsiblIity
of the ownr.
ECW THEREFORE EE IT RESOLVED that the County of Oakland hereby ;
dots an ordinance entitled: •
"AN ORDINANCE TO PROVIDE FOR THE CONPINE-
MENT OF ANIMALS AND TO PROVIDE FOR THE
PAYMENT OF SUCH CONFINEMENT."
The County of Oakland, State of Michigan, Ordains:
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Section 1 - Whenever an animal has bitten a person, the
arial rut bc confined for a period of 10 days to determine whether
- the aninal has rabies. -
Suctio:, 2. :1 1 . is the., rosponcibility of the owners of the
to y for all costs of zucb confinement.
Th:2 h an4 :;:uman Lc,ourec±:: Conmiti...co, by Dr. Joseph R.:
C:afrman, move the cdoption of the for;oinz rez;olution.
The foregoing Ordinance wan adopted by thu 04klan1 CoJrity 5oard of
Cor7.nissiurer5 by the affirmative vote of a majority of its members-elect
GecuTber 1, 1577. - • -
WALLACE F. GABLER, JR.
Chairman of the Cakiand County
Eoard of c orer '•
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