The owner of any newly acquired dog of licensing age or of any
dog which attains licensing age shall make application for license
and registration tag for such dog within 10 days after such acquisition
or age attainment.
The application shall state the breed, sex, age, color and markings
of the dog for which license and registration are sought, and whether
it is of a longhaired or shorthaired variety; also the name, street
and post office address of the owner and person who shall keep or
harbor such dog. The information of said application and the registration
number issued for the dog shall be preserved for a period of three
years by the Clerk or other local official designated to license dogs
in the Township of Jackson. In addition, he shall forward to the State
Department of Health each month, on forms furnished by said Department,
an accurate account of registration numbers issued or otherwise disposed
of Registration numbers shall be issued in the order of the applications.
[Added 2-11-1975 by Ord. No. 1-75]
No license shall be issued or granted nor shall any official
registration tag be issued or granted for any dog unless the owner
thereof provides evidence that the dog to be licensed and registered
has been inoculated with a rabies vaccine of a type approved by and
administered in accordance with the regulations of the United States
Department of Health, Education and Welfare, or has been certified
exempt as provided by regulations of the State Department of Health.
Such vaccination shall be repeated at intervals as provided by regulations
of the State Department of Health, and shall be administered by a
duly licensed veterinarian or by such veterinarian permitted by law
to do the same.
No person, except an officer in the performance of his duties,
shall remove a registration tag from the collar of any dog without
the consent of the owner, nor shall any person attach a registration
tag to a dog for which it was not issued.