HomeMy WebLinkAbout1950-0000 - Ordinance - 01/10/1950PROCLAMATION
During the year 1949 the heads of 72 animals suspected
of being rabid were sent to the Stnte He-lth Department in Austin
from College Station. This number included dogs, cats, foxes, and
one ortwo large animals. Of the total sent, 50 were definitely
reported as being rabid.
As recently as December 1, 1949 a rabid dog was taken only
after it had attacked and killed six other dogs. How many others
it had attacked will probably never be known. We do know that
this dog ran at large flour days after it had bitten the child of
the owner and that it roamed throughout the entire area of the city.
The possibility of danger to our people as a result of this
recent outbreak creates a. condition which we can no longer ignore.
The City Council at its regular meeting on January 9, 1950 passed
an ordinance prohibiting the running at large of dogs within our
city limits and directed the Mayor to declare an emergency.
I therefore declare than an emergency exists, that the
lives of our people are exposed to possible danger, and call upon
the citizens of College Station to obey faithfully the provisions
of the ordinance prohibiting the runnthg at large of dogs within
the corporate limits of the city.
Witness nay hand and seal this the 10th day of January 1950.
Attest:
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City Secretary
Ernest Langford, a :r
City of College Station, Texas
00316