PHILLIPS LEE GOLDSBOROUGH, ESQ., GOVERNOR. 1127

Licenses.

SEC. 235. No person shall have or own any dog or bitch,
or keep the same within the limits of said town, if the same be
over six months old, unless he pay a license therefor to the
Mayor and City Council, on or before the first day of June in
each and every year, of fifty cents for each dog, and of one
dollar for each bitch. And the said Mayor and City Council
shall have power to provide by ordinance for the impounding
and killing of every dog or bitch whose owner shall fail or
refuse to pay said license.

SEC. 236. No person shall exhibit any circus or menag-
erie, or give any theatrical exhibition or other show within
the limits of said town until he shall have paid such license
therefor as the said Mayor and City Council shall prescribe,
which shall not exceed twenty dollars for each show or exhi-
bition; provided that this section shall not apply to entertain-
ments given for religious benefit or for charitable purposes,
nor to entertainments given by the residents of the town not
for gain. The said Mayor and City Council may also prevent
the exhibition of any indecent or immoral shows in said town.

"B." All licenses or permits now provided to be issued by
the Mayor and City Council of Laurel, or in its name, or
which may hereafter be provided for by .legislative enactment
or by ordinance shall be issued by the collector, who shall keep
an accurate and complete record thereof.

SEC. 237. The County Commissioners of Prince George's
County shall annually pay to the Mayor and City Council of
Laurel, when and as collected, less the expenses of collection,
all taxes levied or taxed for public roads on property within
the limits of the said town, which shall be expended by the
said Mayor and City Council in the repair and improvements
of the streets and roads within the limits of said town.

City Solicitor.

SEC. 238. The Mayor shall on the fourth Monday in April,
of each and every year, appoint a City Solicitor, subject to
the confirmation of the City Council, who shall be the legal
representative of the Mayor and City Council, of Laurel, and
shall receive an annual salary of one hundred dollars.

SEC. 239. No hogs shall be kept within the corporate
limits of the town, unless they be confined in a pen or enclosure
at least one hundred and fifty feet from any dwelling bouse
or well, measuring from the said pen or enclosure to the nearest
point of any dwelling house or well. Anyone convicted of a
violation of this section shall be fined not less than five dollars
nor more than one hundred dolars.