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terested persons to view and ascertain the damages by him sustained, and they or a majority of them shall certify the same under their hands and seals to the County Commissioners of the county wherein the said injury or killing took place, and the said County Commissioners shall provide for the pay- ment of the same, together with the costs attend-
ing the said appraisement out of the fund afore- said, if there be so much, or as soon as there shall be sufficient in their hands to enable them to do so. Sec. 7. And be it enacted, That any money in the hands of the County Commissioners of either of said counties, at the end of any year from the levy thereof, over and above the amount required for the carrying out the provisions of this Act, shall	Appraisement
he by the said County Commissioners of the county wherein the said surplus may exist, paid over to the Board of County School Commissioners for said county, to be by them applied to the purposes	Disposition of surplus.
of education; provided, the said fund shall never thereby be decreased below the minimum of five hundred dollars. Sec. 8. And be it enacted, That any dog kept or straying about any house shall be deemed suf-	Not to be de- creased.
ficient evidence of ownership, to authorize the constable to return the person inhabiting said house as the owner or keeper thereof, and every dog not returned shall be deemed to have no owner or keeper, and it shall be the duty of the	Ownership de- fined.
constable to kill said dog, for which he shall re- ceive a fee, as provided for in Section four of this Act. Sec. 9. And be it enacted, That if any dog shall be seen running sheep, any person may kill him,	Constable to kill.
or if any dog shall be known to worry sheep, and information thereof be given to the owner or keeper thereof, if he does not kill said dog, he	Dog worry sheep.
shall make full compensation for all damages done by it, and any person seeing the dog running at large may kill him. Sec. 10. And be it enacted, That the bonds now	Compensation
required by law to be given by Constables, shall be liable for all moneys collected by them under this Act, and not paid over, as aforesaid, to be col- lected in the name of the County Commissioners	Bonds liable.