A.
Any person who shall own, keep or harbor a dog of licensing age in the Borough of Kinnelon shall annually apply for and procure from the Borough Clerk or other official designated by the governing body thereof to license dogs, a license and official registration tag for each such dog so owned, kept or harbored, and shall place upon each such dog a collar or harness with the registration tag securely fastened thereto.
B.
The Borough Clerk or other official designated by the governing body to license dogs therein shall not grant any such license and official registration tag 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 recommendations of the United States Department of Agriculture and the United States Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, or has been certified exempt as provided by regulations of the New Jersey State Department of Health. Such vaccination shall be repeated at intervals as provided by regulations of the New Jersey State Department of Health, and shall be administered by a duly licensed veterinarian or by such other veterinarian permitted by law to do the same. The New Jersey State Department of Health shall promulgate regulations providing for the recognized duration of immunity, interval of inoculation, certificate of vaccination, certificate of exemption, and such other matters related to this article.
C.
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.
D.
The Board of Health is hereby authorized and empowered to provide free vaccination for such dog or other such warm-blooded animal at a suitable clinic and place designated by it, to be conducted by a duly licensed veterinarian and certified animal control officer or licensed registered environmental health specialist of the State of New Jersey. Said Board of Health is hereby further authorized and empowered to make and adopt such rules and regulations, not inconsistent or in conflict with the terms and provisions of this article, as it may deem proper and necessary for the carrying out of the purposes of this article.