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be obtained shall have a collar put around his or her neck; and every dog
or bitch found going at large in such town, not thus licensed, shall be shot
or otherwise destroyed by the bailiff; and if any person shall bring a dog
or bitch into the town after the month of April in any year, he 'shall obtain
a license within ten days thereafter and pay for the same as hereinbefore
directed, and place a collar around the neck of such dog or bitch, or other-
wise said dog or bitch shall be shot or otherwise destroyed; any person
failing or refusing to comply with the provisions of this section shall be
liable to a fine of not less than one dollar for each dog and two dollars
for each bitch brought or kept by him in said town, in addition to the
penalty of having the same shot or otherwise destroyed if found going
at large without a collar about his or her neck.

See 1929 Supplement to Annotated Code, Art. 56, secs. 267-273 for general law.

P. L. L., 1888, Art. 18, sec. 51. 18'60, Art. 17, sec. 40.

57. The public grounds in said town shall be vested in said commis-
sioners, so far as to preserve the same and prevent depredations thereon;
and they may erect a pump thereon if they think necessary.

P. L. L., 1888, Art. 18, sec. 52. 1882, ch. 423.

58. They may purchase or condemn and hold ten acres of land for
the use and benefit of said town.

P. L. L., 1888, Art. 18, sec. 53. 1860, Art. 17, sec. 42.

59. No person shall permit any hogs or geese to run at large in the
town; and if any hog or goose shall be found running at large therein, the
bailiff, or any inhabitant of the town, may seize and impound the same;
and the bailiff shall immediately give notice thereof by public advertise-
ment; and if the owner shall not, within three days thereafter, pay said
bailiff ten cents for every day of impounding any goose, and fifty cents
for every day of impounding any swine, the bailiff may sell the same at
public sale, and after deducting fifty cents for each goose and a dollar
and a half for each hog, shall pay the same to the commissioners of the
town.

P. L. L., 1888, Art. 18, sec. 54. 1860, Art. 17, sec. 43. 1929, oh. 15.

60. It shall be unlawful for any person or corporation to keep any
hog or pig pen or sty within the corporate limits of the town of Centre-
ville and any-person or corporation violating the provisions of this section
shall be deemed guilty of misdemeanor and upon conviction before any
Justice of the Peace of the town of Centreville shall be fined not less
than ten dollars nor more than fifty dollars for each and every offense,
and shall be committed to the County Jail in default of the payment of
said fine and costs.

P. L. L., 1888, Art. 18, sec. 55. 1860, Art. 17, sec. 44.

61. If the owner of any dead animal shall suffer the same to remain
within the limits of the town for twenty-four hours after he shall know of
the death of the same, he shall forfeit two dollars.