The Republican., 1922-04-27

rett County, Maryland.)
CHAPTER 497.
AN ACT to repeal ard re-enact with
amendments Sections 1876 to POI ,
inclusive, of Article 81 of the An
notated Code of Maryland, title
Revenue and Taxes" subtitle
Taxation of Dogs providing for
the protection of sheep, poultry and
live stock and imposing license fees
on dogs.
Section l. Be it enacted by the
General Assembly of Maryland, That
Sections 1875 to POI, inclusive, of Ar
ticle 81 of the Annotated Code of
Maryland, title Revenue and Taxes" I"
subtitle Taxation of Dogs" be and
the same are hereby repealed and re-
enacted with amendments to read as
follows:
1876. On or before the first day of
July, 1918. and on or before the first
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 Commissioner in
counties having no Treasurer of the
county in which he or she resides or
to a Jutice of the Peace of any dis
trict in said county for a license for
each such dog owned or kept by him,
and such application shall be accom-
panied by fee of one dollar ($1.O0)
for each male dog or each spayed
female dog, and a fee of two dollars
($2.OO) for each unspayed female
dog and provided that a kennel license
shall be issued for ten dollars $4,000
to persons keeping not in excess of
twenty-five dogs and that a kennel
license fee of twenty dollars $4,000
shall be issued to persons keeping
more than twenty-five dogs. The
said license or fee shall be the only
license or tax required for the own
ership or keeping of said dog or dogs.
Such license shall be issued on a form
prepared and supplied by the county
commissioners. Such license shall be
dated and numbered, and shall con-
tain description of the dog licensed.
All licenses shall be void upon the
first day of July of the following
year. The county commissioners shall
also furnish and the county treasurer
or Justice Of the Peace, issuing the
license, shall issue, with each license.
metal tag. Such tag shall be affixed
to substantial collar The collar
shall be furnished by the owner, and
with the tag attached shall at all
times be kept on the dog for which
the license is issued except when con
fined in the kennel orwhen hunting in
charge Of an attendant.
1876. The county commissioners Of
the several counties shall prepare and
furnish annually to the county treas
urer. clerk to the County Commits
sioners in counties having no Treas
urer, and to the Justices of the Peace
OF the respective counties metal tags
to be given to the owners of dogs
when such owners shall pay the IL
cense fee for said dogs. Such tags
shall be of metal, and shall have a Sc
rial number corresponding with the
number on the license issued to said
owner, as provided in the preceding
section Of this Act. Such tags shall
also have impressed thereon the cal
endar year for which such tag is is
sued and shall not be more than one
inch in length, and shall be equipped
with a substantial metal fastening
device. The general shape of said
tag shall be changed from year to
year, and the tags furnished owners
of kennels shall have the word "ken-
mel" thereon. If any such tag is lost
1t shall be replaced by the county
treasurer or Justice of the Peace. up
on application by the person to whom
the original license was issued, upon
porduction of such license and pay
ment Of 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
therefore, to the County Treaurer
or Clerk of the County Commission
ers in Counties having no Treasurer
the sum of 25 cents. Such report and
'"liOC oudlI De maze DIV the
Justice of the Peace at the end of
each month; whereupon the county
treasurer shall make a record of
and otherwise treat said license 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 deliver
the book or books from which he
had issued licenses, together with the
stubs therein properly filled out and
showing the names of each license
and the number of the license issued
to him, to the county treasurer OF
Clerk to the County Commissioners
in Counties having no Treasurer be-
fore the first day of July of each
year.
Any person becoming the owner
after the first day of July of any year
of any dog six months old or over
which has not already been licensed
or any person owning or keeping g
dog which became six months old al