It shall be unlawful for swine, horses, mules,
goats, milk cows, cattle, sheep and geese to go at large on the streets,
alleys or avenues of the Town.
Harford Animal Control shall take up and impound
any swine, horse, mule, cattle, sheep, goats and geese found running
at large, and on its failure to take up and impound any swine, horses,
mules, goats, sheep, geese or cattle as aforesaid it shall and may
be lawful for any citizen of the Town to do so. Any person so taking
up and impounding anything prohibited from going at large shall give
five days' notice thereof, by advertisement set up at a designated
place within the courthouse and two other conspicuous places in the
Town, describing the stock so impounded and that the same will be
sold at public sale at some public place in the Town. The owner of
any stock so impounded shall pay a fee as set by resolution of the
Board of Town Commissioners for taking up each of such stock and all
expenses of keeping and advertising the same, and Harford Animal Control
shall deliver the property to the owner or his agent.
In case of a sale of any stock impounded under
this article, the money arising therefrom shall go to pay all costs
and expenses, including the poundage fee for taking up each of the
stock so impounded, and the balance, if any, to the owner of the stock.
Any violation of any of the provisions of this article shall be a municipal infraction and a violator shall be fined as provided in Chapter
1, Article
II of this Code. A separate offense shall be deemed committed on each day or fraction of a day in which or during which a violation occurs or continues.
Dogs within the Town are hereby regulated under
the provisions of Harford County Code Chapter 64, titled "Animals,"
which shall be enforced within the Town in the same manner, by the
same officials and with the same effect as in unincorporated areas
of Harford County, and all persons within the Town shall be required
to abide by said provisions and to pay required licensing fees to
Harford County in the manner provided in said chapter.