414 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [Ch. 210]

cured from the constables or county treasurer or allow his dog
to run without wearing such tag shall pay a fine of five dollars
and costs, upon conviction before any justice of the peace in
and for Howard county.

SEC. 9. And be it enacted, That in case of the loss of the
tag issued by the county treasurer, upon application to him
by the owner of the dog, a duplicate may be furnished on the
payment of twenty-five cents and satisfactory evidence being
furnished that the tax of one dollar for a male dog and two
dollars for a female dog, as the case may be, has been paid
for the current year for the use of the dog.

SEC. 10. And be it enacted, That when any resident of
Howard county shall have any domestic fowls or animals
destroyed or injured 'by dogs, he may apply to any justice of the
peace of said county, who shall appoint three disinterested per-
sons as appraisers to view and appraise the damages by him
sustained, and they or a majority of them, shall, under oath,
state in writing to the County Commissioners the number of
fowls or animals so killed or injured, the character and extent
of the injury, if any, and the amount of damages sustained by
the owner, and in like manner they shall give a general descrip-
tion of both the destroyed and injured fowl or animals, and
both the appraisers and the owners shall make oath that they
believe the same to have been destroyed or injured by dogs,
and when the report of such proceedings shall have been filed
in the office of the County Commissioners the said commissioners
shall review said report, and if in their judgment the amount
of damages stated is unfair they shall award such amount as
they may deem fair; and in case any dog shall be known to
kill any domestic fowls or animals it shall be lawful for any
person to kill such dog, and in case of damage to any person
by reason of loss or injury to his domestic fowls or animals
shall be from his own dogs, he shall be entitled to no compen-
sation under this act; and provided, further, that said County
Commissioners may allow the costs of appraisement or such
proportion thereof as in their discretion may seem reasonable
out of said fund in each case where such damages are allowed;
and may also allow payment for the treatment, by the Pasteur
or other treatment, of any person who may be bitten by a
mad dog, cat, horse or other animal, and who is unable to pay
for such treatment for himself or herself out of such fund,
if in the judgment of said County Commissioners the circum-
justify such action.