1064 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [Ch. 681]

within the precinct limits without a license number attached
to it and impounded by the dog-catcher in the pound until
killed or released under the provisions of this act. He shall
upon a certificate of the justice of the peace having criminal
jurisdiction in said precinct be paid the sum of twenty-five
cents for every dog killed after being impounded as aforesaid.
The owner or harborer of any dog impounded claiming the
same shall pay the dog-cacther the license fee as hereinbefore
set forth, and a fine of five dollars to be disposed of as here-
after provided, after which said owner or harborer shall be per-
mitted to remove said dog from the pound, provided, however,
it shall always be competent fon said owner or harborer to prove
in mitigation of said license fee and fine that said dog had been
licensed to be within said precinct, and that the license number
had been lost or taken from the collar of said dog without fault
of the owner. If any license number is lost from the collar
of any dog, it shall be the duty of the owner or harborer to
obtain a duplicate at once from said dog-catcher at a cost of ten
cents. It shall be the duty of said dog-catcher to provide suit-
able license numbers for the enforcement of this act, expenses
of obtaining the same to be deducted from the license fees, and
said dog-catcher shall be at the police station in Brooklyn one
day in each week from three P. M. to eight P. M., and at the
police station at Curtis Bay one day in each week from three
P. M. to eight P. M. to issue licenses and to receive the fees
for the same. And he shall give timely notice of the day he
will be at said station houses by hand-bills.

SEC. Y. And be it enacted, That all moneys received from
license fees and from fines shall, after deducting the part due
said dog-catcher, be paid over to the fire companies in said pre-
cinct in the following proportions: One-half to the Brooklyn
Fire Company; one-quarter to the East Brooklyn Fire Com-
pany, and one-quarter to the Curtis Bay Fire Company, to be
applied by said fire companies to their own proper use.

SEC. 8. And be it enacted, That said County Commissioners
are hereby fully authorized to remove said dog-catcher at any
time for failure to properly perform his duties.

SEC. 9. And be it enacted, That this act shall take effect
from the date of its passage.

Approved April 8, 1912.