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and discontinue the employment of road forces, when, in their
judgment, they are no longer necessary.

SEC. 12. And be it further enacted, That all funds issued
under the provisions of this act shall be exempted from county
and municipal taxation in Saint Mary's county.

SEC: 13. And be it further enacted, That all acts or parts
of acts inconsistent with this act, either in the Public Local or
Public General Laws, be and the same are hereby repealed, and
this act shall take effect from the date of its passage.

Approved April 8, 1912.

CHAPTER 210.

AN ACT providing for the taxation of dogs in Howard county
and creating a fund out of which owners of domestic fowls or
animals killed or injured by dogs may be reimbursed for the
loss of the same, and furnishing revenue for the macadamiz-
ing of public roads in said county, and to provide for the
treatment of indigent persons bitten by mad animals by the
Pasteur or other treatment, so as to read as follows:

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-
land, That all owners of dogs born before the first of January
in each year in Howard county shall pay to the county an
annual tax of one dollar for each male dog and two dollars
for each female dog, except keepers of kennels, who shall pay
a kennel license of ten dollars per annum for less than 25 dogs;
between twenty-five and fifty dogs, twenty-five dollars. The
dog tax collector shall issue a kennel license, which shall spec-
ify the name of the owner, name of kennel and keeper of
same, and any dog kept or straying about the premises of any
person, with his knowledge, whether such person be the owner
or only the occupant of said premises, shall be deemed for the
purpose of this section the property of said person, and the tax
imposed by this section shall be due and payable on the first
day of January of each year, and shall be payable within the
first thirty days of each year.

SEC. 2. And be it enacted. That it shall be the duty of the
County Commissioners to provide the constables of the county
in their respective districts, with suitable metal tags, having
stamped on one side the number thereof, and on the other side
the year for which they are to be used, to be worn on the neck