Whenever it shall be made to appear to the Mayor that there are good reasons for believing that any dog within the Village, or within one-half mile thereof, is rabid or has been bitten by any rabid animal, the Mayor shall issue a proclamation requiring that all dogs shall, for a period to be stated in the proclamation, wear a good and substantial wire, gauze or leather muzzle, securely put on, so as to prevent it from biting. Any dog going or being at large during the period defined in such proclamation without such muzzle shall be killed and disposed of. (R.O. 1925, § 122; Ord. No. 300, § 1; Ord. No. 1793, § 3; Ord. No. 2261, § 24.)