228 LAWS OF MARYLAND.
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CHAPTER 154.
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AN ACT to amend the Public Local Laws of
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Prince George's county, by adding thereto addi-
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tional sections, to come in after section one hun-
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dred and eighty-two, of article sixteen, of the Code
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of Public Local Laws, entitled Prince George's
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county, imposing a tax on dogs, and appropriating
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a portion of said taxes as a reward for killing
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foxes, and to the support of schools in said county.
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Local law SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of
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amended. Maryland, That the Public Local Laws of article
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sixteen, of the Code of Public Local Laws, entitled
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Prince George's county, be amended by the addi-
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tion of the following sections:
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Number of SEC. 183. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of
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dogs allowed. Maryland, That every dog in Prince George's county,
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except one dog to each and every family, and dogs
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under the age of six months, and such as are taxed
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by the incorporated towns within the limits of said
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county, shall be liable to an annual tax of one dollar
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Rate of tax tor each and every male, and one dollar and a-half
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('or same. for each and every female, commencing on the first
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day of April, eighteen hundred and seventy-two, and
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that any and every owner of such animal or animals,
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who shall fail or refuse to pay the aforesaid tax, shall
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be liable to a fine of five dollars and costs, to be
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recovered in the name of the County Commissioners
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of said county, as small debts are now recoverable
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before any Justice of the Peace of said county, one-
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half of the said fine to go to the County Commis
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sioners aforesaid, for the purposes hereinafter speci-
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fied, and the other half to the informer or informers;
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Proviso, provided, however, that any owner who shall kill any
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dog rather than pay such tax, shall not be liable for
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such tax or fine.
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Duty of SEC. 184. And be it enacted. That it shall be the
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Constables, duty of the several constables in the said county to
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kill each and every dog in his election district for
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which no owner can be found, or upon which dog or
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