412 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [Ch. 210]

of the dogs whose owners shall pay to the constables the said
tax, and County Commissioners 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 col-
lected, and County Commissioners shall also provide them
with blank reports, in printed form, to be made by the con-
stables to the County Commissioners, containing the facts
required above to be given in the receipts 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 Howard 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.
SEC. 3. And be it enacted, That the constables shall be
responsible for each and every tag taken from the County Com-
missioners office, and shall account for the same four times a
year to the County Commissioners for each license tag taken
from the County Commissioners' Office, to wit: On or before
the first day of January, April, July and October, in each
and every year, and shall either pay for the same in cash or
return the unused ones, and shall be subject to a fine of not
less than fifty dollars for their failure to make such account
within thirty days of the time prescribed by law.

SEC. 4. And be it enacted, That it shall be the duty of the
County Commissioners to designate a constable in each election
district of Howard county whose duty it shall be in said dis-
trict as soon as possible after the first day of January in each
year, to canvass thoroughly the districts in order to ascertain
the number of dogs, the owners of same and also the other facts
required of the constable in the reports referred to in the pre-
ceding 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, less 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.