Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1910-04-22
LOCAL LAWS.
DoG-TAx Law AMENDED,

An Act to repeal and re-enact with
amendments Chapter 1875 of the Acts OF
1908, entitled an Act providing for the
taxation of dogs in Montgomery County
and creating a fund out of which owners
OF domestic fowls or animals killed or in
lured by dogs may be reimbursed for the
| loss of the same, and furnishing revenue
Tor the matchmaking of public roads in
said county and to provide for the treat
ment of INDECENT persons bitten by mad
animals by the Pasteur or other treat
ment, so as to read as follows:
Section |. Be it enacted by the General
Assembly of Maryland. That all owners of
dogs born before the LIST of January in each
year in MONTGOMERY County shall pay to
the county an annual tax of one dollar for
each male dog and two dollars for each fe-
male dog, except keepers of kennels, who
shall pay kennel license of ten dollars
per annum for less than IS dogs between
70 and so dogs, twenty-five dollars. The
doe-tax collector shall issue kennel license
which shall specify the name of the owner,
name of kennel and keeper of same, and any
dog kept or straying about the premises of
any person with his knowledge, whether
such person be the owner or only occupant
OF said premises, shall be deemed, for the
purpose Of this section, the property of
said person, and the tax imposed by this
section shall be due and payable on the
LIST day of January of each year, and shall
be payable within the first thirty DAYS of
each year.
Section 2. And be it enacted, That il
shall be the duty of the County Commits
sioners to provide the constables of the
county in their respective districts with
suitable metal tags. having stamped on
one side the number thereof and on the
other side the year for which they are to
be used, to be worn on the necks of the
dogs, whose owners shall pay to the con-
stables the said tax, and the County Com
mlssioners shall provide the constables
with blank receipts, in printed form, which,
when filled up, shall contain the name of
the owner Of the dog, his postofflce address,
as well as the name Of the dog its sex,
breed and color. with the number and date
OF its tag, and the amount of tax collected,
and the County Commissioners shall also
provide them with blank reports, in printed
form, to be made by the constables to the
County Commissioners, containing the facts
required as above to be given In the re-
ceipts from the c0nstables to the owner
upon the payment of the annual tax afore-
said; the Treasurer shall keep safely the
reports from cOnstables and enter the facts
required above regularly in a book to be
kept for that purpose in the office and I'M
der the supervision of the County Commits
siOners of Montgomery County, and the
County Treasurer shall receive and keep
an accurate account Of all the tax funds
paid to him by the cOnstables, as required
by this Act.
Section 3. And be il enacted, That il
shall be the duty of the County Commits
sioners to designate constable In each
election district of Montgomery County,
whose duty II shall be in said district as
soon as possible after the LIST day of Janu-
airy in each year to canvass thoroughly the
district. in order TO ascertain the number of
dogs, the owners Of same and also other
facts required of the constable in the re-
ports referred to in the preceding section
to the County Commissioners. Upon the
payment Of the tax by the owner Of dog
the constable shall give him receipt in
the form in this Act prescribed and also a
tag to be worn by the dog, and the con-
stable shall report to the County Commits
sioneIs on or before the first day of every
month in the same manner and form afore-
said, and shall at the same time pay to the
County Treasurer all the tax funds he has
collected, less twenty-five per centum of
said amount for his services he shall also
state in his monthly reports those who
have failed to pay the tax on their dogs
as required by this Act.
Section 4. And be il enacted, That IL
any constable shall neglect or refuse to
perform his duty as set forth in this Act.
he shall be subject to prosecution for NAL
feasance in Office and to removal from
Office.
Section S. And be il enacted, That the
County Treasurer shall place the tax so
collected to the credit of fund to be call
ed the Dog Fund" of Montgomery County :
but If there remain in the county treasury
to the credit Of the dog fund.- on the LIST
day Of January Of each year n sum more
than sufficient TO pay the awards for dam
ages for domestic fowls and animals made
by the County Commissioners prior to that
date. such surplus shall, upon the order of
the Commissioners, be applied to macad-
amizing public roads in the county and in
the district from which the fund is raised /:
and provided further that said dog fund
as collected shall be entered and kept as
collected from each Of the election districts
of Montgomery County. and awards for
damages shall be paid out and accounted
for in respect to each district, and no fund
collected from any particular district shall
be liable or applied to awards for DAMAGES
in any other district
Section 9. And be il enacted That the
County Commissioners shall direct the con-
stables to kill any dog for which said tax
is not paid before the first day Of April in
each year, and for such service the Com
missioners may allow such compensation
as they may deem adequate. provided IL
be paid from the tax collected on dogs,
and any person opposing or in any way
hindering any constable in killing any dog
in the performance Of his duty shall be
fined not more than one hundred dollars
nor less than ten dollars and costs upon
conviction before any Justice of the Peace
In and for Montgomery county and shall
stand committed to the county jail until
the fine and costs are paid, provided, how
ever. that the owner Of dogs who reside in
any Incorporated town In Montgomery
county in which dogs are taxed by Ordi-
nance now or hereafter, shall be exempt
from the operation Of this Act II he has
procured license from and paid for the
current year tax on his dog TO said town
and his dog wears about his neck tag
issued by said town.
Section 7. And be il enacted, That every
pCiobl WIN biiuh lIDHl
any dog wearing the legal tag procured
from the cOnstables or County Treasurer or
allow his dog TO run without wearing such
tag shall pay fine Of five dollars and
costs upon conviction before any Justice OF
the Peace in and for Montgomery county.
Section 8. And be 1t enacted. That in
case Of the loss Of the tag issued by the
County Treasurer, upon application to him
by the owners Of the dog, duplicate may
be furnished on the payment Of twenty
five cents and satisfactory evidence being
furnished that the tax Of one dollar for
male dog and two dollars for female dog,
as the case may be, has been paid for the
current year for the use Of the dog.
Section 8. And be II enacted, That when
and resident Of Montgomery county shall
have any domestic fowls or animals de-
stroyed or injured by dogs, he may apply
TO any Justice Of the Peace Of said county,
who shall appoint three dsinterested per-
sons as appraisers to view and aDDraise the |