1618 LAWS OF MARY:LAND. [Ch. 832]

as repealed and re-enacted by Chapter 287 of the Acts of the
General Assembly of Maryland of 1930.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-
land, That sections 2, 3 and 4 of Article 86 of the Code of Public
General Laws, title "Sheep and Dogs," as repealed and re-en-
acted by Chapter 287 of the Acts of the General Assembly of
Maryland of 1910, title "Sheep and Dogs," be and the same is
hereby repealed and re-enacted, so as to read as follows:

SEC. 2. Any person whose sheep have been killed or injured
by any dog may proceed against the owner, keeper or harborer
of such dog before any justice of the peace of this State having
jurisdiction within the county where the killing or injury may
have occurred, and such justice shall forthwith issue a summons
for the owner, keeper or harborer of such dog and for such wit-
ness as may be necessary to ascertain the amount of damages
sustained by such killing or injuring and shall forthwith give
judgment for such damages as may be ascertained, which shall
be collected as other debts in this State are collected; and such
justice shall also require the owner, keeper or harborer of such
dog to give bond, with good and sufficient security in the sum of
not less than fifty dollars, that such dog shall not thereafter
kill or injure any sheep; and upon failure of such owner, keeper
or harborer of such dog to give such security, then said justice
of the peace shall require some one of the constables of the
county to proceed forthwith to kill such dog; and said constable
for such killing shall be allowed the sum of one dollar for each
dog killed by him upon such order by the justice of the peace as
aforesaid, to be taxed against the owner, keeper or harborer of
such dog as a part of the costs in such case; provided, that noth-
ing in this article shall be construed to prevent the right of ap-
peal as in other cases. This and the preceding section not to
apply to Caroline, Dorchester, Worcester, St. Mary's, Mont-
gomery, Somerset and Carroll counties.

SEC. 3. If any dog shall be detected in killing or injuring
sheep, and proof thereof shall be made by the oath of the owner
of said sheep, or any other person before a justice of the peace,
the owner of said dog, upon complaint to him made and infor-
mation of such proof, shall proceed forthwith to kill said dog:
and on his refusal or neglect to do so the owner of said sheep
may kill such dog afterwards found running at large, or may
apply to a constable, who, upon production of said affidavit,
shall proceed to the house of the owner of said dog and kill said
dog there, or wherever else found. This section shall apply