EDWIN WARFIELD, ESQ., GOVERNOR.

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CHAPTER 593.

AN ACT to provide for the better protection of sheep, poultry

and game in the Fourth Election District of Queen Anne's

County, and known as Kent Island District, and, if possible,

to make provision for the reduction of the number of dogs

and bitches to a minimum in said Fourth Election District

of Queen Anne's County.

SECTION i. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-

land, That the County Commissioners of Queen Anne's County

Returns to be

shall require an accurate return, to be made annually, in the

made of dogs,

months of June and July, by the two constables of the said

etc., in an
electon dis-

Fourth Election District of Queen Anne's County, of all dogs

trict.

and bitches upwards of four months old, owned or kept by any

person within said district, particularly noting the number

owned and kept by each person, and more effectually to secure

the performance of this duty and the collection of the tax here-

inafter directed to be levied; the said Fourth Election District

shall be divided into two sections — Section i to include all that

portion of Kent Island west of Coxe's creek and Chester river,

and Section 2 to include all that portion of Kent Island east of

Coxe's creek, including the James Carville farm; and the

County Commissioners of Queen Anne's County are required

to designate which one of the constables shall be assigned to

Section No. 1 and which one to Section No. 2 in the perform-

ance of the provisions of this Act.

SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That the said County Commis-

sioners of Queen Anne's County shall levy forthwith and cause

to be collected annually, before the first day of July in each

year, by the aforesaid constables, the sum of one dollar and fifty

Dog tax.

cents for every dog, and the sum of three dollars for every

bitch owned or kept by such person named in said return as

owner or keeper thereof.

SEC. 3. And be it enacted, That the said constables shall pro-

ceed to collect the sum so levied and apportioned among them

Proceeding to

by the said County Commissioners as soon as the levy list is

collect same.

placed in their hands, and shall keep accurate account, under

oath, of the money arising ,therefrom ; and the money therefrom

collected by them, which shall be paid over to the County Com-

missioners on or before September 1 in each year, shall be en-

titled to receive out of the fund provided by this Act ten per

centum on the amount collected by them, respectively, and ten

cents for each dog returned by them in their aforesaid return

to the said County Commissioners.