The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1917-06-21
COUNTY AGENT AT WORK.
Formation of a Sheep Growers
Association For Garrett
County,

County.
A number of the sheep growers of
Garrett county met in the Accident
school house Friday afternoon, June Is,
and organized the Sheep Growers Asso-
citation of Garrett county, Nd. The OBJ
ject Of the association shall be the ex-
tension and development of the sheep
industry in order to promote the econo-
mIcal growing of more and better sheep.
ANY sheep grower, or other person in
terested in the growing of sheep, may
become a member of the sheep associa-
ton. The idea is to form local sheep
clubs in various communities through
out the county, the local clubs to be
branches OF the county organization.
These local clubs will have regular
meetings approximately once a month
while the county club will meet but
once year.
The officers of the association for the
coming year are: Henry M. Speicher,
Pres Joseph T. Glotfelty, vice pres
Henry P. Miller, sec'y and treas.
The only business transaction at this
meeting was pertaining to dog law.
AlIegany county, Pennsylvania and the
bordering West Virginia counties will
haYe DOG laws.
After careful consideration it was de-
clded to apply for a law for this county
similer to the one in Al!egany county
which reads thus:
The County Commissioners for Allie
gany county are hereby authorized.
empowered and directed to collect from
the person or persons or body corporate
owning dogs in Allegary county, lie
ense tax for all dogs over six months
of sge in SAID county for the fiscal year
beginning on July /, 1916, and for each
and every year thereafter, in the fol
lowing sums: Each female dog. 50 90;
each male dog 9LO0; each splayed fe-
male, Si,00, provided that any person
or persons or corporation conducting a
kennel, for the raising and selling of
dogs shall register the same with the
County Commissioners and shall pay an
annual tax of Five $500 Dollars for
said kern !, provided all dogs are kept
in said kennels, or when taken there
from for the purpose of training shall
be under the control and custody of
such owner or trainer, and provided
further, that when said dogs shall be
allowed to leave the kennel and shall
not be in the custody or under the con-
troll Of said owner or trainer, then all
the provisions of the hereinafter sec
tons shall apply to the same.
The County Commissioners, upon the
approval of this law, are hereby en-
powered and directed to formulate and
carry out procedure for the collection
of the said tax and for the distribution
to each person or persons paying taxes,
as herein provided. metal tag or tags
to be given for each dog which the
license tax has been paid, with the
further power to call upon any and all
/ persons in said county to disclose the
number and sex Of all dogs on owned,by
them in Allegany county. The meta
tag herein referred to shall bear the
license number and fiscal year.
Any person or persons or body cor
porate owning, harboring, or having il
their custody and control any dog OF
dogs who shall fail or refuse to pay the
license tax provided in the preceding
sections, or who shall fail or refuse tc
place the metal tag upon said dogs
after receiving the same on or before
the first day of July in each and every
fiscal year, upon the arrest and convic-
ton before magistrate, shall pay q
fine of not less than five $500 dol,
lars nor more than ten ($l0.10) dollars.
/ 1t shall be lawful for any person to
kill any dog even though tagged when
/ found chasing or killing sheep, cattle or
poultry upon the lands of any person
other than the owner of said dogs OF
when found unattended and in an en-
closure where sheep are kept, Except
on farm belonging to owner of said
dog or when found upon the owner S
premises unattended and without a tag
bearing the proper license number, and
no persons shall have any right of action
to recover the value of any dog killed
as herein provided, from the person
killing the same.
The County Commissioners of Alleg-
any county shall pay to any person
identifying by proper proof a sheep
killing dog the sum of ten $4,000
dollars, land when so identified and
proved to the satisfaction of the County
Commissioners shall order the said dog
to be killed and no right of remuneca-
ton shall accrue to the owner of said
dog. ANY owner of dog, after having
been duly notified by the County Com
mlssioners to kill a sheep killing dog,
who fails or refuses to do the same,
soall upon arrest and conviction, be
fined sum not less than five (S5. OW
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