months of age having been kept within the corporate limits of the City of Norris

at least thirty (30) days shall be required to be licensed yearly.

(2) Licenses shall be issued and sold by the city manager and local

veterinarians as designated by the city manager only after the owner presents

satisfactory proof that the dog or cat has received, from a licensed veterinarian,

an anti-rabies inoculation pursuant to Tennessee Code Annotated, §§ 68-8-101

through 68-8-114. Each owner shall be provided with a suitable metal or

permanent type tag as well as a certificate and receipt for the license fee. Said

tag shall bear the name of the City of Norris, a serial number, and shall indicate

the year for which issued. The shape of such metal or permanent type tag shall

be distinctive and shall be changed from year to year.

(3) The certificate issued with each license tag shall contain the

following information concerning the dog or cat:

(a) Owners name, address, and telephone number.

(b) Breed.

(c) Sex.

(d) Age.

(e) Color.

(f) Markings.

(g) Name.

A copy of each per numbered certificate shall be retained by the city

manager. The veterinarian issuing licenses shall within ten (10) days furnish

the city manager with a copy of the issued license.

(4) The license tag shall be securely fastened upon a collar which shall

be kept on the dog or cat at all times, and any dog or cat not bearing a license

tag shall be deemed to be unlicensed.

(5) In case of the loss of a duly issued dog or cat license tag, the owner

shall immediately report the loss to the city manager who shall issue a duplicate

or replacement tag.

(6) In order to be charged the spayed/neutered fee, as opposed to the

higher nonspayed/neutered fee, proof of the spaying/neutering must be

presented in writing from a veterinarian.