The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1856-03-29
Enws Of Alarplon0.
Published by authority.
AN ACT,
ENTITLED IN ACT FOR THE PRO
LECTION OF SHEEP BY THXiN(
A n ACT

levi icN Or CHEEf IL IsIAlNG
DOGS IN CECIL COUNTY.
SECTION /. Be ii enacted. by the General
Ass, mbly Of Mary land, That it shall be the
duty Ofthe 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 two
month old owned or possessed by any per-
son or persons within their respective dis
trcts, PARTICULARLY noting the number owned
or possessed by each person or persons and
Kept about the same house, and when the
said Commissioners shall have aseertaincd
the number OF dogs, they shall levy and cause
to be collected the sum Of one dollar Tor one
dog, and fifty cents each for every additional
dog, kept, owned, or possessed by such per-
son or PERSONS to be collected by the Col
lcctors Of the several districts at the same
time and in the same manner as County and
State taxes are now collected, for which the
sand Collectors shall be allowed the sum of
six per centum Oh the amount so collected:
And it shall be the duty Of the County Com
missioncrs to keep separate account Of the
money arising from the tax on dogs, and the
said money shall be and hereby is appro-
priatcd as fnnG for remuneratng the in
habitants Of said County fol any loss they
shall sustain after the passage Of this Act,
by sheep being destroyed or injured by any
dog or dogs; and also to pay the apards al
ready made and on file in the office Of the
County Commissioners of Cecil county, for
the years eighteen hundred and fifty -four and
eighteen hundred and fifty five.
SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That when
any inhabitant of the County aforesaid shall
have any sheep destroyed or injured rs
aforesaid, he or she may apply to the nearest
Justice Of the Peace who shall and is hereby
t, ni,f Il ri
persons, who are hereby authorised and
rquired to view and ascertain the damages
sustained by the owner or owners OF such
sheep il jurcd or destroyed as aforesaid, and
they or any two of them shall certify the
same under their hands and seals to the
commissioners OF said County, and said Com
nissoncrs shall draw their warrant Oh the
TreaSnrerofthe county for the amount SO Ger
titled, to he paid out OF the funds arising from
tho tax on dogs, but il there shall not be
sufficient money in the Treasury belonging
to the said fund, then the said warrant Shall
bc kept by the said person in whose favor it
shall have been drawn and be paid out OF the
first money that Shall come into the Treasury
belonging to said fund.
SEC. 3. And be it enacted, That the fact
of Il dog being kept and staying about any
house shall be deemed sufficient evidence Of
ownership to authorise the Collector to return
the person inhabiting such house, as the
owner Or posscsSor OF such dog or dogs, and
any person sending his or her dog or dogs
from house to house or place to place, in
order To cvadc the said tax shall be 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 see such dog running at large.
SEC. A.. And be it enacted, That if any
dog shall be seen worrying sheep, it shall be
lawful for any person seeing the same to kill
such dog. or if any dog shall have been
known to worry sheep and information there
Of be given to the owner Of such dog, if he
or she does not kill or cause to be killed
such dog, he or she shall make full compen-
saton for all damages done by said dog, and
amy person seeing such dog Or dogs running
ut large may lawfully kill the same.
SEC. 5. And be it enacIed, That any
money that may be in the Treasury at the
expiration Of one year from the first levy
under tins Act, and at the expiration of
every year thereafter, over and above paying
the damages sustained by said inlra in
the loss or injury Of sheep by dogs, shall be
by said Treasurer upon the warrant Of said
commissioners, paid to be Judges Of the
Orphans Court OF said County, TO he by them
applied to the purposes Of education in said
county.
SEC. 6, And be it enacted, That the said
Commissioners be and they are hereby re-
quircd 10 allow each Collector the sum of
six cents head for each dog returned, as
provided in the first section of this Act, to be
paid out Of the fund arising from taxes on
dogs.
SEC. Z. And be it enacted, That all form
or acts imposing tax ON dogs in Cecil
county be, and the same are hereby repeal
ed.
SEC 8. And be in enacted. That this
Act shall take effect from the date Of its
passage.