HOWARD COUNTY. 3061

upon conviction before any justice of the peace in and for Howard county,
and shall stand committed to the county jail until the fine and costs are
paid; provided, however, that the owner of dogs who reside in any incor-
porated town in Howard county in which dogs are taxed by ordinance
now or hereafter, shall be exempt from the operation of this act if he
has procured a license from and paid for the current year a tax on his
dog to said town, and his dog wears about his neck a tag issued by said
town.

1912, ch. 210, sec. 8.

113. Every person who shall maliciously remove from any dog wear-
ing the legal tag procured 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 How-
ard county.

1912, ch. 210, sec. 9.

114. 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 fur-
nished 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.

1912, ch. 210, sec. 10. 1914, ch. 172, sec. 10.

115. When any resident of Howard County shall have any sheep or
turkeys destroyed or injured by dogs and of which he or she shall have
convincing evidence, they shall appear before any Justice of the Peaec
in said County before whom they shall make oath in due form of law that
they have lost sheep or turkeys, as the case may be, and that they have
reason to believe that the same were destroyed or injured by dogs not
belonging to them or to the members of his or her household; stating the
election district wherein they reside, the time as near as possible when
they believe the same to have happened, the reasons leading them to believe
that the same was caused by dogs; that the sheep or turkeys, as the case
may be, were the property of the affiant, and that he or she has never
been reimbursed for the loss of same, and that they have no knowledge
of any fact pertinent nor material to the loss, which if divulged would
prejudice their rights to recover out of said fund, whereupon the Justice
of the Peace and the affiant shall both subscribe their names to said affi-
davit the affiant paying said Justice of the Peace the sum of twenty-five
cents therefor; and said affiant having complied with the above mentioned
requirements shall produce the above described affidavit before the County
Commissioners at their next regular meeting day, or as soon thereafter
as practicable, when he or she shall be examined by them as to the cir-
cumstances surrounding the killing or injuring of said sheep or turkeys
so far as he or she shall have knowlege of the same, and if, in the opinion