Author: MURALT, P.R.L. DE (ORIGINALLY: VON MURALT),
Title: [An original broadsheet published by command of [Jhr.Ir.] P.R.L. De (Von) MURALT, Mayor of Borculo, Gelderland Province].
Description: S.I. [Borculo], s.n. [Borculo municipal council], [..], 1925. An original Broadsheet or Public emergency Announcement publishe by command of the then Mayor of Borculo, Gelderland Province, The Netherlands, Mr. P.R.L. De (or Von) Muralt. Original heavy-paper sheet, sized 32,2x24cm. Printed in bold black type (verso blank) with as text:BEVEL. De z.g. Herdershonden mogen van nam.[iddag] (P.M.) 6 uur tot voorrm.[iddag] (A.M.) 9 uur niet meer LOSLOOPEN. De z.g. Herdershonden die in den verboden tijd losloopend woden aangetroffen worden onmiddellijk NEERGESCHOTEN. [signed in print at lower right corner) DE MURALT, Burgemeester. Public warning by command of the Mayor of Borculo municipality, Gelderland Province, ordering inhabitants to keep their Sheepdogs on a Lease between 18.00 hrs. a.m. to 9.00 hrs. p.m., shiipdogs running free within this period will be shot on sight. The order, restraining civil liberties, was a precaution to spread of rabies in Borculo, hit by a cyclone 10th August 192O, causing disarray and vast devastation. It was legal to issue such an order as a Mayor is also Head of local Police/Constabulary. Borculo Municipality is situated in Gelderland Province, Achterhoek region. Very well preserved indeed. A rare piece of memorabilia.

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