LICENSES. 361

An. Code, 1924, art. 81, sec. 207. 1918, en. 497, sec. 196.
1929, ch. 226, sec. 268 (p. 709).

268. The county commissioners of the several counties shall prepare,
and furnish annually to the county treasurer, Clerk to County Commis-
sioners in Counties having no Treasurer, and to the Justices of the Peace
of the respective counties" metal tags to be given the owners of dogs when
such owners shall pay the license fee for said dogs. Such tags shall be of
metal, and shall have serial number corresponding with the number on the
license issued to said owner, as provided in the preceding section. 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. 1924, art. 81, sec. 208. 1918, ch. 497, sec. 197. 1920, ch. 498, sec. 197.
1929, ch. 226, sec. 269 (p. 709).

269. Any Justice of the Peace of the several counties after having
received and receipted for necessary blanks and tags, may issue such dog
license? and tags in like manner as prescribed for the issuance of licenses
by the County Treasurer. When a license is issued by the Justice of the
Peace, the said Justice of the Peace, may retain as his fee for the issuance
of said license, reporting the same, and remitting payment therefor, to the
County Treasurer, or Clerk of the County Commissioners in counties hav-
ing no Treasurer, the sum of twenty-five cents. Such report and remit-
tance 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 otherwise
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 clay 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