2660 ARTICLE 81.

Such tags shall also have impressed thereon the calendar year for which
such tag is issued, and shall not be more than one inch in length, and shall
be equipped with a substantial metal fastening device. The general shape
of said tag shall be changed from year to year, and the tags furnished'
owners of kennels shall have the word " kennel" thereon. If any such tag
is lost it shall be replaced by the county treasurer, or Justice of the Peace,
upon application by the person to whom the original license was issued,
upon production of such license and payment of a fee of twenty-five cents.

An. Code, sec. 197. 1918, ch. 497, sec. 197. 1920, ch. 498, sec. 197.

208. Any Justice of the Peace of the several counties after having
received and receipted for necessary blanks and tags, may issue such dog
licenses and tags in like manner as prescribed for the isstiance of
licenses by the County Treasurer. When a license is issued by the Justice
of Peace, the said Justice of the Peace, may retain as his fee for the
issuance of said license, reporting the same, and remitting payment there-
for, to the County Treasurer, or Clerk of the County Commissioners in
counties having no Treasurer, the sum of twenty-five cents. Such report
and remittance shall be made by the Justice of the Peace at the end of each
month; whereupon the County Treasurer shall make a record of, and other-
wise treat, said license as though it had been issued from his office, except
that he shall also note upon his record the name of the Justice issuing the
license. Every Justice of the Peace shall deliver the book or books from
which he had issued license, together with the stubs therein properly filled
out and showing the name of each licensee and the number of the license
issued to him to the County Treasurer or Clerk to the County Commis-
sioners in counties having no Treasurer before the first day of July of each
year. Any person becoming the owner after the first day of July of any
dog six months or over, which has not already been licensed, or any person
owning or keeping a dog which became six months old at any time after
the first day of July of any year, shall forthwith apply for and secure a
license for such dog in the same manner as the annual license is obtained
under the provisions of this sub-title.

The County Commissioners of the several counties are authorized to
provide for the employment of special officers or constables whose duty
it shall be to enforce the payment of the dog license fees or taxes provided
in this sub-title, and the said Commissioners are authorized to pay such
special officers out of the moneys arising from the said dog license or taxes
in the respective counties.

These Constables of the several counties may also receive and receipt for
necessary blanks and tags, may issue such dog licenses and tags in like
manner as prescribed for the issuance of licenses by a County Treasurer
or a Justice of the Peace. Every constable shall at the end of each month
report to the County Treasurer or Clerk to the County Commissioners in
counties having no Treasurer the number and character of licenses issued
and remit all moneys received for these licenses. Also every constable shall
deliver the book or books from which he issued license, together with the
stubs therein, properly filled out and showing the name and the number