No person shall own, keep or harbor any dog
which has attained the age of seven months or which possesses a set
of permanent teeth except by authority of a license granted and metal
registration tag issued in accordance with the provisions of this
article for each dog so owned, kept or harbored.
[Amended 8-15-1966 by Ord. No. 883]
The Registrar of Vital Statistics shall forward
to the New Jersey State Department of Health, each month, the information
contained in the license applications.
The Chief of Police shall annually cause a canvass
to be made of all dogs owned, kept or harbored within the limits of
the city and shall report, on or before May 1 of each year, to the
Health Department and to the New Jersey State Department of Health
the result thereof, setting forth in separate columns the names and
addresses of persons owning, keeping or harboring unlicensed dogs,
the number of unlicensed dogs owned, kept or harbored by each of said
persons, together with a complete description of each of said unlicensed
dogs.
Opportunity will be given from time to time
to every resident of the City of Hackensack, New Jersey, owning or
in possession of a dog or dogs, to have said dog or dogs inoculated
with antirabic vaccine, one-injection method, as often as the Health
Officer shall designate. The certificate of vaccination shall be presented
to the Health Officer for registration immediately after vaccination.
Inoculations provided by the city, free of charge, shall be made by
such person or persons as the city shall designate. The city will
not pay for inoculations made by veterinarians other than those designated
by the city.
The provisions of this Article shall be enforced
by the Police Department.