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® veterinarian to observe or treat any such animal, and any other impounded animal believed to have rabies or other sWinfectious or contagious disease, at the expense of the owner or keeper and to destroy any such animal without compensation to the owner or keeper upon certification by the attending veterinarian that the continued existence of such animal jeopardizes public health, safety and welfare.If it does not appear that the continued existence of such animal jeopardizes public health, safety or welfare, the said Society shall return such animal to the person, firm, or corporation owning, possessing, harboring, keeping or maintaining the same upon payment of accrued fees or charges. The said Society is hereby granted discretionary authority to immediately and humanely destroy or otherwise dispose of any such sick or diseased animal whose condition is such that its continued existence would be inhumane. 9. Said Society is hereby authoritzed to charge for receiving, catching, picking up, impounding, boarding and keeping any animal sought to be redeemed the following fees and charges: Two Dollars ($2.00) per day or fraction of a day which the said Board hereby authorizes said Society to retain as partial compensation for services rendered by said Society on behalf of said Board. The said Society is hereby further authorized to retain as partial compensation for services rendered by said Society on behalf of said Board any sums which said Society may receive as payment for any animal_ not redeemed which the Society elects to sell rather than to destroy. The said Society is hereby authorized to require, as a condition to the redemption of any impounded animal, that the owner or keeper pay the reasonable fees of any vet- erinarian who rendered services for such animal at the request of the said Society. -39 -