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• • \J Section 4-22. Confinement or destruction of dogs and cats suspected of having rabies. (a) Dogs or cats found within the City reasonably having rabies or exhibiting the common symptoms of such taken forthwith into custody by the animal control offi, suspected of disease shall be police officer and impounded either at the City pound or at a private veterinarian's establishment in solitary confinement and kept under competent observation for a-ger#ed-a€-fearteen-daps such time as may be necessary to determine whether they are afflicted with rabies. (b) At the time any such dog or cat is impounded, an attempt shall be made to find-eet discover whether or -net the dog or cat has been vaccinated previously ineenlated against rabies. If it is found that such dog or cat has not been vaccinated effectively iaeeetated, then such dog or cat shall be ineeniated so vaccinated by a licensed veterinarian on the last day of the above-mentlened observation period described in subsection (a) above unless the animal is humanely destroved pursuant to subsection (c) below. (c) The animal control officer may cause to be destroyed humanely any dog or cat which, in h#s the opinion of a veterinarian, has rabies, and or any dog or cat which is in need of confinement pursuant to subsection (a) above but such confinement is impossible or impracticable because there apparently is no owner or for other reasons. In such event the animal control officer shall arrange to have the head of such dog or cat examined for the purpose of confirming rabies. If the opinion of a veterinarian as to whether an animal has rabies is not reasonably obtainable, the animal control officer may act on his or her own opinion. (d) All expenses in connection with the provisions of this section shall be borne by the owner of the dog or cat in question. Section 4-23. Confinement of dog or cat that has bitten person. {a} Upon information to the animal control officer that a dog or cat has bitten a person, it shall be the duty of the animal control officer, upon ascertaining the identity of such dog or cat, to direct that it be confined for a period of net -fess -than ten (10) days and-net-mere-then-fertp-f4ve-daps, such confinement to be either in the City pound or with a veterinarian approved by the health an officer of the Thomas Jefferson Health District, as the person who owns or controls such dog or cat shall select; provided, that the person who owns or controls such dog or cat shall bear the cost of any such confinement with a veterinarian. It shall further be the duty of the animal control officer, immediately