1943-09-07SPECIAL1
SEPTemBER 7~ 1943
Pursuant to the following call and waiver of notice, a special meeting of the
Board of County Supervisors of Albemarle County, Virginia~ was held on this day with the
following members present~ Messrs. E. J. Ballard, P. H. Gentry, H. Ashby Harris~ and C.
Purcell NcCue, and Dr. L. G. Roberts:
CALL AND WAIVER OF NOTICE OF SPECIAL MEETING OF BOARD OF COUNTY
SUPERVISORS OF AI~E~ARLE COL~TY~
We the undersigned, being all of the members of the
Board of County Supervisors of Albemarle County~ do hereby call
a special meeting of said Board to be held in the Board of
Supervisor's Room of the County Office Building, Charlottesville,
Virginia on q\~esday, September 7th~ 1943 at l0 o~clock A~M.~ for
the purpose of considering an ordinance or regulation to prevent
the soread of rabies in said County~ and we hereby waive any and
all requirements of law pertaining to the notice of said meeting~
(Signed) J. E. Fray
(Signed) E~ J. Ballard
(Signed)~~ C. Purcell NcCue
(Signed) P. H. Ogntr~.
(Signed) H. Ashby Harris
(Signed). L. G. Roberts
Dr. T. S~ Englar, Health Officer, recommended that an Ordinance be adopted pro~
hibiting the running at lodge df dogs for a period of forty-five days to assist in the con~
trolling of rabies which existed in the County at this time.
Mr~ E. V. Walker, Commonwealth's Attorney, advised the Board that it was his
opinion that the Board had the right to adopt such an Ordinance.
Dr. L~ G. Roberts offered the following Ordinance which was seconded by Mr. C.
Purcell NcCue, and unanimously adopted.
AN OP~INANCE PROHIBITING THE RUNNING OF DOGS AT LODGE WITHIN THE
BOUNDARIE~ OFALBEM~RLE C~[NTY, VIRGINIA~
BE IT ORDAINED by the Board of County Supervisors of Albemarle
'County, Virginia~ as follows, to-wit:
It shall be unlawful to permit the funning at large within the
bounaar~s of Albemarle County, ~irginia, of any dog, and all persons
owning, having control of or harboring any dog or ~ogs within the
County of Albemarle, Virginia, shall be, and are hereby required to
keep the same confined to their premises, so as not to come in con~
tact with any person or animal, unless said dog or dogs be in the
custody of the owner or his agent and fastened to a leash.
It shktl be unlawful and constitute a m~sdemeanor ~or any
person to violate or permit the violation of the p~ovisions of this
ordinance and every person convicted of a violation of any of the
provisions of this ordinance shall be punished by a fine of not less
than $10.00, nor more than $~00.00, by imprisonment in Jail for not
less than one, nor more than thirty da~ or by both such fine and
imprisonment.
BE I~ FURTHER ORDAINED, that an emergency exists~ and this
ordinance is hereby made effective immediately~ to-wit: On Septem~
her 7th~ 19~5, and shall remain in effect for a period of forty-five
(45) days from said date, unless sooner repealed by the Board.
The County Executive was authorized to ma~e such arrangements as possible to
provide for the confiMame~ of ~ogs when necessary.
Upon motion~ the meeting was adjourned~