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Section 1010:25 antral shall be kept available for reclaiming for 24 hours after receipt of such notice of intent to reclaim. The police shall furnish upon request to any such keeper the record and list of all such licenses issued by this municipality during the current year and the last previous license period. Subd. 2. Reclaiming From Pound. At such times as necessary, the City shall employ or contract with a person, persons or other organization for the purpose of capturing and conveying to a place of impounding all animals not properly licensed, collared and tagged, and all other domesticated animals kept in violation of this Ordinance. All animals impounded shall be kept with kind treat-rent and sufficient food and water for their comfort, at least five regular business days, unless sooner reclaired by their owners, as herein provided. A dog or other domesticated animal may be reclaimed upon payment by the license holder or owner of an impounding fee of $10.00 plus an amount equal to the current impounding fee schedule of the kennel or place erployed for impounding purposes plus the cost of the food and care of the animal while impounded at the established rate which the City is required to pay plus any medical costs reasonably incurred while the animal was irpounded. If an animal which is required to be licensed is unlicensed, the regular license fee shall be paid in addition to the foregoing amounts. • Section 1010:30. Quarantine. if a dog or other aniral within the corporate lird is of this municipality bites any person, or is reported as diseased, the police shall, in the case of a-bite, and ray in all other cases, require that the animal be impounded for observation for sufficient time to determine whether it is ! seased. The animal shall not be killed or reclaimed and returned to the owner until so ordered by the police.. Any licensed dog or other animal may be reclaimed and returned to the owner without the payment of the impounding fee and cost of food and care while impounded. Any animal impounded for 'raving bitten a person or for actually being diseased, which is subsequently released by the police, may be reclaimed by its owner upon payment of the impo=nding fee, cost of food and care, and any medical costs incurred while impounded. Section 1010:35. Disposition of ?Animals. At the expiration of five full regular business days fret the time any animal is impounded, except in the case of an animal ordered held in quarantine for a longer period by the police, if the animal has not been reclaimed in accordance with Section 1010:25, Subdivision 2, the keeper of the place of impounding shall cause such animal to be .humanely killed and dispose of the remains thereof, or shall cause such dog to be sold, as abandoned and unclaimed by the owner,_ to any person, upon . payment of a sum of money not less than the license fee" and not more than the amount the owner would have to pay to reclaim the dog. Notwithstanding the five-day limitation provided herein, and if the dog has not otherwise been disposed of, the owner or the owner's irmediate family may reclaim the dog upon payment of the fees provided for in Section 1010:25, Subdivison 2. For purposes of this Section 1010:35 and Section 1010:25, "regular business day" means a day during which the establishment having custody of -an animal is open to the public not less than four consecutive hours between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 7:00 p.m.