ART. 86] SHEEP AND DOGS. 857

ARTICLE LXXXVL

SHEEP AND DOGS.

2-4. Sheep killed by dogs; remedies.

1904, art. 86, sec. 2. 1S88, art. 86, sec. 2. 1876, ch. 315. 1900, ch. 275.
1910, ch. 287, sec. 2 (p. 296). 1912, ch. 832, sec. 2.

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 witness 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
nothing in this article shall be construed to prevent the right of appeal
;as in other cases. This and the preceding section not to apply to Caro-
line, Dorchester, Worcester, St. Mary's, Montgomery, Somerset and
Carroll counties.

Ibid. sec. 3. 1888, art. 86, sec. 3. 1860, art. 87, sec. 1. 1827, ch. 199.
1831, ch. 169. 1910, ch. 287, sec. 3 (p. 297). 1912, ch. 832, sec. 3.

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 information of such proof, shall pro-
ceed 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 affi-
davit, shall proceed to the house of the owner of said dog and kill said
dog there, or wherever else found. This section shall apply only to
Caroline, Cecil, Dorchester, Wicomico, Charles and Worcester counties.