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178. No person Bhall run any race with any horse, mare or
gelding, for wager, on the public roads or streets in Cecil
county.
179. Any person who shall offend against the provisions of tfte
last af®ojing section shall be fined not less than twenty dollars
toy each offence.
SHEEP.
180. The county commissioners of Cecil county shall require
an accurate return to be made annually- by the collectors of the
several districts within the county of all dogs upwards of two
months old owned or possessed by any person within their re-
spective districts, particularly noting the number owned or
possessed by each person and kept about the same house.
181. They shall levy and cause to be collected the sum of one
dollar for one dog and fifty cents each for every additional dog
kept, owned or possessed by each person named in such return
as the owner thereof.
182. The collectors of the several districts shall collect the
sums so levied at the same time and in the same manner as
county and State taxes are collected, and shall keep a separate
account of the money arising therefrom, and shall be entitled to
six per centum on the amount collected by them respectively,
and six cents a head for each dog returned in the aforesaid
return to the county commissioners.
183. The money arising from the said levy shall be paid to the
treasurer of the county, and shall constitute a fund for remune-
rating the inhabitants of the county for losses sustained by
sheep being destroyed or injured by dogs.
184. When any inhabitant of the county shall have any sheep
destroyed or injured by dogs, he may apply to the nearest justice
of tb* peace, who shall appoint three disinterested persons to
view and ascertain the damages by him sustained, and they, or
any of them, shall certify the same under their hands and seals
to the county commissioners, and the commissioners shall draw
their warrant on the treasurer of the county for the amount so
certified^ to be paid out of the funds arising from the tax on
dogs.
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