KENT COUNTY. 3197

DOGS.

1924, ch. 345, sec. 91. 1927, ch. 34.

160. On or before the first day of July, 1927, and on or before the
first day of July of each year thereafter, the owner of any dog, six months
old or over, shall apply either orally or in writing to the Dog Constable
of the District, wherein such owner shall reside, for a license for each
such dog owned or kept, and such application shall be accompanied by a
fee of One Dollar ($1.00) for each male dog or each spayed female dog,
and a fee of Two Dollars ($2.00) for each unspayed dog, and provided
that a kennel license shall be issued for Ten Dollars ($10.00) to persons
owning or keeping not in excess of twenty-five dogs and that a kennel
license shall be issued for Twenty Dollars ($20.00) to persons keeping
more than twenty-five dogs. The said license or fee shall be the only
license or tax required for the ownership or keeping of said dog or dogs.
Such license shall be issued on a form prepared and supplied by the
County Commissioners, shall be dated and numbered and shall contain a
description of the dog licenses, and all licenses shall be void upon the first
day of July of the following year. The County Commissioners shall also
furnish and the Dog Constable for the said District issuing the license,
shall issue, with each license, a metal tag. Such tag shall be fixed to a
substantial collar to be furnished by the owner, and with the tag attached
shall at all times be kept on the dog for which the license is issued, except
when confined in the kennel or when hunting in charge of an attendant.
The County Commissioners of Kent County shall on or before the 15th
day of June, 1927, and on or before the 15th day of June in each year
thereafter, appoint some reliable person a Dog Constable for and in each
of the several Election Districts of Kent County and each Dog Constable
appointed by the County Commissioners shall enroll all dogs, and their
owners or keepers, in their respective Districts, and report the same to
the County Commissioners on or before July 15th of each year. When-
ever the Dog Constable shall find a dog without an owner or keeper, it
shall be his duty to kill said dog in the presence of one witness, for which
he is to receive fifty cents from the County Commissioners for each dog
killed, and it shall be the duty of the Dog Constable to report to the
County Commissioners at the end of each week the number of licenses
sold, and to whom sold.

1924, ch. 345, sec. 91A.

161. The County Commissioners of Kent County shall prepare, and
furnish annually to the Dog Constables of each District, metal tags to be
given to 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 cor-
responding with the number on the license issued to said owner, as pro-
vided in the preceding section of this Act. Such tags shall also have im-
pressed 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 sub-
stantial metal fastening device. The general shape of said tag shall be