The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1906-04-26


the dog or bitch for which the tax has
been paid; and each constable shall
keep in an appropriate book a list of
all licenses that are issued by him,
which list shall contain the number of
the tag issued, the name and residence
of the owner, q short description of the
dog or bitch for which issued, and the
date, together with the amount collected
a duplicate of which shall be filed with
the clerk of the commissioners.
93E. And be it enacted, That the
license tax provided for in section l of
this Act shall be due and payable upon
the first day Of September of each year
to the cOnstables in the several districts
and when paid to the constable, he shall
give receipt for the same which shall
have upon it the number of the license
and short description of the dog or
bitch for which it is given, and the
numbers upon the tag which is given
shall correspond with the receipt; and
in case of the loss of any tag a duplicate
may be furnished for the same on appli-
cation to the constable who originally
issued it, on the payment of ten cents,
and satisfactory evidenne being fur
nished that the tax has been paid for
the current year on the dog or bitch for
which it was issued.
93F. And be it enacted, That after
the expiration of thirty days after the
first day of September in each year, if
the license tax has not been paid on all
dogs and bitches, it shall be the duty of
the constable appointed in the several
election districts to proceed to collect
the same, and upon the refusal of any
owner or keeper of dog or bitch to pay
the required annual license tax, he shall
be called on to kill said dog, failing in
which, the constable shall kill said dog
and shall receive from the Sheep Fund
for said killing the same amount as he
would have recaived for collecting the
tax upon said dog or bitch.
93G. And be it enacted. That if any
dog shall be found going at large off the
premises Of the owner or keeper Of said
dog without wearing such tag as is pro-
vided for in this Act, any resident or
landowner may kill said dog found going.
at large without wearing the aforesaid
tag; and that any person may kill any
dog whether tagged or not which NAV
be caught in the act Of killing, DESTROY
ing, worrying or chasing sheen either
for which killing the owner of said doc.
so killed shall be debarred from recover
ing any sum in any court of this State
as damages for such killing.
93H. And be it enacted. That any
person who shall msliciously remove
from any dog wearing the same the
aforesaid tag, the tax having been paid,
shall be fined ten dollars and costs, and
any person killing any dog wearing any
license tag as provided by this Act,
whether by mistake or otherwise. unless
caught in the act of killing, destroying,
worrying or chasing sheep. as provided
IN section 7 Of this Act, shall be liable
to the owner of said dog in an action for
damages for the full value of said dog,
which valuation shall not be less than
ten dollars, to be recovered by the usual
proceedings in such cases.
93J. And be it enacted, That any non
resident of Garrett county NAV obtain
a license tag for any dog in the same
manner as provided in sections 4 and
OF this Act, upon the payment of the tax
provided IN section l of this Act; but
that II any nonresident can furnish
satisfactory evidence to the constable
by receipt or otherwise, that he has
already paid an annual license tax upon
the dog or bitch FOR which license is
sought, the constable shall then issue 10
the owner a tag upon the payment of
ten cents, and shall keep a record of the
case as provided in section i of this Act.
93K. And be it enacted. That any per
son whose sheep has been killed or in
Jured by any.dOg, shall go at once before
justice Of the peace in his district and
make affidavit before him of such loss or
INJURY, Whereupon said justice shall i'm
mediately issue summons for the own
er of such dog and for such witnesses
as may in his judgment be necessary to
ascertain the amount of damages sus-
tanned by such killing or injury, and if
the owner of the dog causing the injury
IS known, the justice shall forthwith
give judgment for such damages as may
be ascertained in the name of the Board
OF County Commissioners of Garrett
county, which shall be collected as other
debts in this State are collected and
placed by them to the credit of the Sheep
FUND, and the justice upon ascertaining
from the witnesses in the case the fact
that certain sheep were killed or injured
by dog or dogs, whether the owner of
the dog has been proved or not in the
trial, shall issue to the owner Of the
sheep killed or injured certificate for
the full damages which shall have been
proved to have been sustained by said
owner, which certificate when endorsed
by the clerk Of the Board OF County
Commissioners, shall be presented to the
treasurer of Garrett county and paid by
him out OF any money that may be in
the treasury standing to the credit of
the Sheep Fund; and that if the owner
ship Of the dog in the case is known,
and the dog has not already been killed,
the justice OF the peace shall require a
constable to proceed forthwith to kill
such dog, and said constable for such
killing shall be allowed the sum of one
dollar for each dog killed BY him upon
such order by the justice of the peace
aforesaid, to be taxed against the owner
of such dog as part of the costs in the
case taxed, and that where the owner
ship of any dog which has killed or in
jured sheep has not been ascertained.
the costs in the case shall be paid by the
Board of County Commissioners out of
any money which may stand to the
credit of the Sheep Fund. In case of
judgment being rendered against the
owner of any such dog, he shall not be
allowed the exemption from execution
as provided bV Section 8 of Article 90 Of