City of Faribault v. Wilson

The charter of the city of Faribault (Sp. Laws 1872, c. 11, subc. 3, § 3, subd. 9, p. 108, as amended by Sp. Laws 1878, c. 27, § 3, p. 243) authorizes the council “to regulate or prevent the running at large of dogs, to require license for keeping the same, and impose a fee for such license and a tax upon dogs, and authorize the destruction of the same in a summary manner when not licensed, or when at large contrary to the ordinance.” The "council passed an ordinance containing these provisions: “Section 1. That any dog, bitch, or slut, or any animal of the dog kind, owned by or being in the…