The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1854-03-18

iECIiON Or SHEER nv III! III
COUNTY.
Section !. BE it enacted by the General AS
srmllv OF Maryland, That il Shall be the duty
,f tn. Commissioners Of Cecil county, and
they are hereby required to cause an accurate
return to be taken annually by the Collectors
Of the several districts within the said county,
of all dogs upwards Of one month old owned
or possessed by any person or persons within
their respective districts, particularly noting
the number owned or possessed by each per-
son or persons and kept about the same House
aal when the said Commissioners shall have
tscertaincd the number of dogs, after allow
lag each family one dog free oftaN. they shall
Ivy and cause to be collected the sam Of one
dollar for every additional dog kcptb him or
her, to be collected by the collectors OF the
SlyGrt districts, at the same time ana III inc
same manner rs county and State taxes are
now collected, for which the said collectors
shall be allowed the sum Of six per ccntum up
on the amount so collected; and ii shall be
the dnty of the County Commissioners to keep
II separate account OF the money rising from
tie tax on dogs, and the said money Shall be
and hnraly is appropriated rs fund for re-
lltln rating the Inhabitants OF said county for
ANY loss they shall sustain after the passage
OF t,li, act, by Sheep being destroyed by any
dog or dogs.
Seciion > And be it enacted, That when
any iNhaliitant of the county aforesaid Shall
have any sheep destroyed as aforesaid, he or
she may apply to the nearest Justice Of the
Peace who shall and is hereby empowered to
appoint three disintercstcd persons WHO are
hereby authorised and required to view and
ascertain the damages sustained by the own.
or or owners ofsuch sheep destroyed as aiore-
said, and they or any two of them shall certi-
f. the same under their hands and seals to
the Commissioners of said county, and said
Commissioners shall draw their warrants up
on the Treasurer of the county for the amount
50 certified to be paid out Of the fund arising
from the tax on dogs, but if there shall not be
sufficient money in the Treasury belonging to
the said fund, then the said warrant shall be
kept by the person in whose favor it shall have
been drawn and be paid out of the first mon
cy that shall come into the Treasury belong
ing to said fund.
Section 3. And be it enacted, That every
dog kept or staying about any House, shall be
deemed sufficient evidence of ownership to
authorize the collector to return the person
inhitJiting such house as the owner or posses
sur Of such dog or dogs, and any person send
ing his or her dogs from house to house, or
from pa ,e to place in ordcrto eyade the said
tax, shall hc liable to pay double tax therefor,
and every dog not returned shall be deemed
to have no owner, and may be lawfully Killed
by any person who may sec such dog running
at large.
Section 1. And be it enacted, That if any
dog shall be seen worrying sheep, 1t shan be
iWlul for any person seeing the same TO XII
such dog, or if any dog shall have been known
to worry sheep, and information Thereon he
given to the owner of such dog, if he or She
does not kill or cause to be killed such dog.
he OF she shall make full compensation Tor all
damage done by said dog, and any person see
ing said dog or dogs, running at large may
lawfully kill the same.
Section 5. And be it enacted, That any
money that may be in the Treasury at the cX-
prltion Of one year from the first levy under
this Act, and at the expiration OF every year
thereafter over and above paying the dall'-
res sustained by said nha bitants in the loss OF
sheep bv dogs, shall be by said Treasurer up
on the warrant of said Commissioners paid to
the Judges of the Orphans Court of said coun-
~, to be by them applied to the education Of
poor children in said county.
Ser.ion g. And be il enacted, That the said
Commissioners be and they are hereby requi-
rcd to allow each collector the sum often
cents per head for each dog returned as pro-
vided for in the first section Of this Act, to be
paid out of the fund arising from taxes on dogs
Section 7. And be it enacted, That this Act
Shall take effect from the date Of its passage
We hereby certify that the foregoing is d
true copy ofthc bill entitled An Act Taxing
Dogs for the Protection of Sheep in Ccci
County, as passed the General Assembly o.
Maryland at its present session.
In testimony whereof we hercunto sub
scribe our names this 9th day ofFcbruarl
1851.
WIN. A. STEWART,
(7k. Hos. Delegates.
CHAPMAN HARDWOOD,
SecftyV The Sena'e.