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justice shall give a certificate of the production of the said head before
him and the taking of said oath; and it shall be the duty of the said jus-
tice to destroy the said head so as to prevent a second allowance upon the
same.

1910, ch. 167, sec. 3 (p. 787).

212. Upon the production of the said justice's certificate before the
County Commissioners, they are authorized and directed to levy upon the
assessable property of the county a sum sufficient for such bounties for
the use of the person producing the same, and shall pay the same accord-
ingly.

CRUELTY TO ANIMALS.

P. L. L., 1888, Art. 10, gee. 136. 1880, ch. 129.

213. The provisions of Sections 241 to 245, of Article 4, of the Public
Local Laws, title "City of Baltimore," relating to "Cruelty to Animals,"
shall apply to Dorchester County as fully as if repeated in this Article.

Secs. 241-245 repealed by ch. 496, 1902. Ch. 198, 1890, superseded said sections.
See Annotated Code, Art. 27, secs. 69-70, and State v. Falkenham, 73 Md. 465.

DOGS.*

1894, ch. 426, sec. 1.

214. The Board of School Commissioners of Dorchester County shall
provide suitable metal tags, having stamped on one side the number there-
of, and on the other side the year for which they are to be used; to be
worn on the necks of all dogs, male and female, whose owners may apply
for, and shall pay on the receipt of the same, to the treasurer of the school
board, in Dorchester County, the sum of one dollar for each tag and
collar; and the money so paid as aforesaid shall be a tax for one year on
each dog, male and female; the name of the owner of the dog, male and
female, as well as the name of the dog, male and female, with the number
and date of his tag, shall be entered regularly in a book kept by the said
treasurer of the school board for that purpose.

1894, ch. 426, sec. 2.

215. All dogs, male or female, whose owner or owners shall fail -to pro-
cure the tags as aforesaid, and shall be found outside of the premises,
unattended by the owner, without the said tag worn upon their necks,
shall be unprotected by law and be considered as a nuisance and may be
killed by any citizen, when so found running at large, and be relieved of
all culpability in law for any damage to the owner by reason of the kill-
ing.

*See 1929 Supplement to Aunotatecl Art. 56, secs. 267-273, which probably super-
seded most if not all of the provisions of this subtitle.