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The STATE DOG Law
Laws OF Maryland, 1913, Chapter
497-Effective June /, 1913.

i91-EneCtlS6 June 4. 1910
AN ACT to repeal and re-enact with
amendments Sections 1915 to 2Ol,
inclusive, of Article 81 CT the An /
notated Code of Maryland, title,
Revenue and Taxes" subtitle.
Taxation of Dogs" providing tor
the protection of sheep, poultry
and live stock, and imposing IL
cense fees on dogs.
Section ]. Be it enacted by the
General Assembly of Maryland, That
Sections 195 to 201, inclusive, OF
Article 81 of the Annotated Code OF
Maryland, title Revenue and Taxes
subtitle Taxation of Dogs be, ana
the same are hereby repealed and re-
enacted with amendments, to reaa
as follows:
1876. On or before the first day OF
July, 1918, and on or before the flrst
day of July Of each year thereafter,
the owner of any dog, six months old
Or over, shall apply either orally or
in writing, to the County Treasurer
or Clerk to the County Commissions
ers in counties having no Treasurer
of the county in which he or she ref
sides, or to a Justice of the Peace OF
any district in said county, for a III
cense for each such dog owned OF
kept by him, and such applications
shall be accompanied by fee of one
dollar ($1) for each male dog OIL
each spayed female dog, and fee o1I
two dollars for each unSpayed fe3I
male dog, and provided that kenSl
mel license shall be issued for teMI
dollars ($10) to persons owning OH
keeping not in excess of twenty-hyeg
dogs, and that a kennel license fe9l
of twenty dollars ($20) shall be isja
sued to persons keeping more thann
twenty-five dogs. The said license OrlI
fee shall be the only license or taNs
required for the ownership or keep
ing of said dog or dogs. Such lIcensej
shall be issued on a form prepared
and supplied by the County Commls-
sioners. Such license shall be dated
and numbered. and shall contain al
description of the dog licensed. All
licenses shall oe void upon the first
day of July of the following year.
The County Commissioners shall
also furnish, and the County Treas
urer, or Justice of the Peace, issuing
the license, shall issue, with each IL
cense, a metal tag. Such tags shai
be affixed to substantial collar. The
collar shall be furnished by the own
er, and with the tag attached snail
at all times be kept on the dog for
which the license is issued, except,
when confined in the kennel or
when hunting in charge of an atten-
dant.
1876. The County Commissioners
of the several counties shall prepare,
and furnish annually to the County
Treasurer, Clerk to the County Com
missioners in counties having no
Treasurer, and to the Justice of the
Peace of the respective counties met
al tags to be given to the owners of
dogs when such owners shall pay the
license fee for said dogs. Such tags
shall be of metal, and shall have
serial number corresponding with
the number on the license issued tx
said owner, as provided in the pre-
ceding section of this Act.
Such tags shall also have impress
ed thereon the calender year for
which such tag is issued, and shall
not be more than one inch in length,
and shall be equipped with substan-
tial metal fastening device. The gen.
eral shape of said tag shall be chang
ed from year to year, and the tags
furnished owners of kennels shall
have the word <'kenneP' thereon. II
any such tag is lost it shall be re-
placed by the County Treasurer, OF
Justice of the Peace, upon applica-
tion by the persons to whom the
original license was issued, upon pro
duction of such license and payment
of a fee of twenty-five cents.
1877. Any Justice of the Peace of
the several counties after having re-
| ceived and receipted for necessary
blanks and tags, may issue such dog
licenses and tags in like manner as
prescribed for the issuance of licen-
ses by the County Treasurer. When
a license is issued by the Justice OF
the Peace, the said Justice of the
Peace, may retain as his fee for the
issuance of said license, reporting the
same, and remitting payment there
for, to the County Treasurer, or
Clerk of the County Commissioners
in counties having no Treasurer, the
sum of twenty-five cents. Such re-
| port and remittance shall be made
| by the Justice of the Peace at the
end of each month; whereupon the
| County Treasurer shall make rec
| ord of, and otherwise treat, said Ii
cense as though it had been issued
| from his office, except that he shall
also note upon his record the name
of the Justice issuing the license.
| Every Justice Of the Peace shall de-
| liver the book or books from which
he had issued license, together with
the stubs therein, properly filled out
| and showing the names of each Ii
cense and the number of the license
| issued to him, to the County Treas
| urer or Clerk to the County Com
missioners in counties having no
| Treasurer, before the first day of
July of each year.
Any persons becoming the own
er, after the first day of July of any
year, of any dog six months old or
over, which has not already been
! keeping a dog which became six
months old at any time after the first
| day of July of any year, shall forth
with apply for and secure a license
for such dog in the same manner as
the annual license is obtained under
| the provisions Of this Act.
1913. Any person may kill. any
dog which he sees in the act of pur-
suing, worrying, wounding or killing
any poultry or live stock, or attack
ing human beings whether or not
such dog bears the proper license tag
required by these provisions. There
shall be no liability on such persons
in damage or otherwise for such
| killing. Any unlicensed dog that
| enters any field or yard. shall con-
stitute private nuisance and the
owner or tenant of such field or yard,
or other agent or servant, may kill
| such dog while it is in the field or
yard, without liability or RESPONSE
! bility of any nature of such killing,
! and any person may kill female dog
! rInninp at large while in neat wit h