AET, 87.] SHEEP—SHERIFFS. 595

ARTICLE LXXXVII.
Sheep.

SEC. 1. If any dog shall be detected in killing or injuring
sheep, and proof thereof shall be made by the oath of the owner
of said sheep, or any other person being a competent witness,
before a justice of the peace, the owner of said dog, upon com-
plaint to him made and information of such proof, shall proceed
forthwith to kill said dog, and on his refusal or neglect to do so,
the owner of said sheep may kill such dog afterwards found run-
ning at large, or may apply to a constable, who, upon produc-
tion of the aforesaid affidavit, shall proceed to the house of the
owner of said dog and kill said dog there or wherever else found.

2. If such dog shall, immediately upon such complaint and
information, be killed by his owner, the owner of the sheep shall
not have cause of action against the owner of said dog, but upon
his refusal to kill such dog, the owner of said sheep may recover
double the value of the sheep killed, with costs, in the manner
prescribed for the recovery of debts.

ARTICLE LXXXVIII.
Sheriffs.

OATHS OF OFFICE AND BOND.

SEC. 1. Every sheriff elected shall, within thirty days after his
commission has been received by the clerk of his county or city,
make the declaration of religious belief required by the Consti-
tution, and also take the oaths therein prescribed before such
clerks.

2. He shall also, before he acts as such, give bond to the State
of Maryland in the penalty of twenty-five thousand dollars, with
security to be approved by two judges of the Orphans' Court, or
the judge of the Circuit Court for his county, if he be elected for
a county, or any two judges of the Orphans' Court of Baltimore