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ARTICLE III. RABIES CONTROL. • Section 4-18. Vaccination of dogs and cats - Required. Section 4-19. Same - Evidence required before issuance of dog license. Section 4-20. Same - Tag evidencing vaccination. Section 4-21. Same - Dogs and cats brought into city for showing or breeding. Section 4-22. Confinement or destruction of dogs and cats suspected of having rabies. • Section 4-23. Confinement of dog or cat that has bitten person. 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-19er4ed-e€ ten (10) days, such confinement to be either in the City pound or with a veterinarian approved by an officer of the Thomas Jefferson Health District, as the person who owns or controls such dog or cat shall select; provided, that the such person Wke-ewes-er-eeatre�e-ene�-deg-er-eat shall bear the cost of any such confinement in the City pound or with a veterinarian. It shall further be the duty of the animal control officer, immediately after directing that such dog or cat be confined, to notify the health district, and its designated representative shall then assume the responsibility of supervising such confinement and ordering the dog or cat to be released to its owner, if it is safe to do so, at the end of the ten-day confinement ger#ed-regn4re�-bp-ts-snbsee€}ea, or earlier, in the discretion of the health district directnr_ Section 4-24. Confinement or destruction of dogs or cats is bitten by rabid animals.