1376 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [Ch. 700]

are to be used, to be worn on the neck of the dogs whose owners
shall pay to the constables the said tax, and county commis-
sioners shall provide the constables with blank receipts in
printed form, which, when filled up, shall contain the name of
the owner of the dog, his postoffice address, as well as the name
of the dog, its sex, breed and color, with the number and date
of its tag, and the amount of tax collected, and county commis-
sioners shall also provide them with blank reports in printed
form, to be made by the constables to the county commissioners,
containing the facts required above to be given in the receipt
from the constables to the owner upon the payment of the annual
tax aforesaid; the treasurer shall keep safely the reports from
the constables and enter the facts required above regularly in
a book to be kept for that purpose in the office and under the
supervision of the County Commissioners of Montgomery
County, and the said county treasurer shall receive and keep
an accurate account of all the tax funds paid to him by the
constables as required by this act.

1910, ch. 717, sec. 3.

101. That it shall be the duty of the county commissioners
to depilate a constable in each election district, of Montgomery
county whose duty it shall be in said district, as soon as possi-
ble after the first day of January in each year, to canvass thor-
oughly the district in order to ascertain the number of dogs,
the owners of same and also the other facts required of the con-
stable in the reports referred to in the preceding section to the
county commissioners, upon the payment of the tax by the
owner of a dog the constable shall give him a receipt in the
form in this act prescribed, and also a tag to be worn by the
dog and the constable shall report to the county commissioners
on or before the first day of every month in the same manner
and form aforesaid, and shall at the same time pay to the
county treasurer all the tax funds they have collected, loss
twenty-five per centum of said amount for their services: they
shall also state in their monthly reports those who have failed
to pay the tax on their dogs as required by this act.

1010, ch. 717. sec. 4.

102. That if any constable shall neglect or refuse to perform
his duties as set forth in this act, he shall be subject to prose-
cution for malfeasance in office and to removal from office.

Ibid. sec. 5.

103. That the county treasurer shall place the tax so col-
lected to the credit of a fund to be called "the dog fund" of
Montgomery county; but if there remains in the county treas-