The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1852-03-27
farmer Department.
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To impose tar on dogs in Cecil county
to paytor shesp destroyed by dogs and
to increase the Poor School Fun9.

eraI .4assmHy Of .NuTy/and, That the
owner or owners Of each and every dog
in Cecil county shall be taxed for such
dog or dogs, at the following rates: for
the first or, single dog, yearly tax
of fifty cents; for each and every addi-
tional dog a yearly lax Of one dollar per
head; and for each bitch yearly tax OF
dollars.
SECTION 2. find be it enacted; That
the collectors Of county and State taxes,
appointed by the County Commissioners
of Cecil county, in and for the several
Districts of said county, for the year
eighteen hundred and fifty two, shall
assess each and every dog and bitch in
their respective districts according to
the rates provided in the first section of
this Act; which said tax they are hereby
required and empowered to collect
within the same length Of time and by
the same authority and process, by which
they are empowered to collect the usual
county and State taxes.
SECTION 3. .4nd he it enarted, That
the said Collectors for the several dis
tricts Of Cecil county, shall, each one
Tor bis respective district, make re-
turn to the County Commissioners OF
Ceci! county Of the number Of dogs in
his said district assessed to the persons
who own or harbor them, at the rates
established by the first section OF tals
Act; together with the amount of taxes
he shall have received on the SAID dogs
from their several owners, the said re-
turn TO b. made to the County Commits
sioners OF Cecil county at or before their
first meeting IN the month OF April, IN
the year eighteen hundred and hity
three; and at the Una" OF making thelr
sand return tn" said collectors snail be
required ~ Tie county commissioners
Aforesaid, to make the following oath or
atIlfm2Ach: 81 ----1o!Iector OF
the----dlatF'cl OF Cecil county, DO
make oath or affirm, as the case may
be, that diligently sought to assess
every dog and hI'ch IN the---dIS-
'rct, and dId. TO the best OF my knoWl-
edge and bell't, assess every such dog
ana bi'c'', ear'i one 10 ',ie proper owner
or harhorer thereof; ana that the return
have made Is correct and true re-
turn OF the SAID ass 's5ment; ana that
the MONIES have returned aSCoIiector
on the sand assessment OF dogs, Is the en-
tire and luil Sun that nave collected
on SAID ass'Ssmrnt;' the blanks IN the
%@ld oath or affirmation TO be hlled, the
lrst with the name OF the Collector, and
iue others with the number OF ms dis
trIct; and IN case any Collector shall re-
tuse or neglect to make the SAID assess
mcnt OF dogs, or TO collect the SAID tax
on dogs, or to make the return and take
the oath prescribed in tins section, his
bond shall be liable for the sum of
hundred dollars, for which said sum the
County Commissioners Of Cecil county
are required to sue his said bond, as
though it were delinquency on the
part OF any such Collector in the pay
m"nt OF county taxes placed in his hands
for collection and made payable TO the
said County Commissioners; the said
sum OF hundred dollars to be APP
piled 10 the purpose or purposes, to
which the money raised by the tax pro-
vided by this Act is to be applied; and
the said Collectors shall be allowed the
sum oftwelve and half cents on each
dog they shall assess, together with six
per centum ON the amount of tax they
shall collect under this law, the said
charges to come out of the monies thus
collected; and the said County Commits
soners of Cecil county shall, between
the first of April eighteen hundred and
fifty three and the time of making their
annual levy of county taxes for said
year, enter in book by them to be kept
TO- that purpose, the assessments return
ed to them under the provisions of this
Act; and the said County Commissioners