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to be paid out of the taxes collected under this Act, and all constables
failing to render an account or statement as herein provided shall be held
liable for such default.

1910, ch. 565, sec. 3 (p. 1152).

116. It shall be the duty of the County Treasurer to collect and pay
into the county treasury the tax due from owners of dogs and sluts in said
county, and for such additional service he shall receive ten per centum
of the whole amount of such tax collected by him, to be paid out of such
tax; and for the faithful performance of such additional service his.
official bond shall be liable; and for the collection of the annual tax from
owners of dogs and sluts he is invested with all the authority conferred
upon him as collector of State and county taxes.

1910, ch. 565, sec. 4 (p. 1152).

117. The real estate and personal property of owners of dogs and
sluts in said Talbot County shall be liable for the said tax, and may be
sold by the Treasurer to pay the same and all costs of sale, in the same
manner as such property may be sold for State and county taxes.

1910, ch. 565, sec. 5 (p. 1153).

118. The Board of County Commissioners in said county shall fur-
nish to all persons paying the tax on dogs or sluts herein provided a metal
tag for each dog or slut, bearing on the face of said tag the year for which
the tax is paid and the sex of the animal, which said tags shall be worn by
all dogs on which the said tax is paid under this Act; and if any dog or
slut shall be found going at large off the premises of its owner or keeper
without wearing such tag, it shall be the duty of any constable, or it shall
be lawful for any other citizen of Talbot County, to take up and impound
said dog or slut and to advertise same in one of the newspapers printed in
Talbot County, giving a full description of the animal; and if the owner
of such impounded animal fails to claim same within one week from the
date of the first insertion of said advertisement and to pay to the person
impounding same all costs of advertising and maintenance of said animal,
then the person so impounding said animal as aforesaid may lawfully kill
the same, and for every animal so killed the County Commissioners, on
receiving satisfactory proof that the animal was duly advertised before
being killed, shall pay to the person killing same all costs of advertisement
and maintenance during the time the same was impounded, and an addi-
tional sum of fifty cents for killing said animal, provided all said pay-
ments be made from the tax collected 011 dogs and sluts under this Act.

1910, ch. 565, sec. 6 (p. 1153).

119. The County Treasurer, upon the order of the County Commis-
sioners of Talbot County, shall cause to be killed any dog or slut for which
said tax is not paid before the first day of September in each year, and
whose owner has no property from the sale of which the tax and costs of
sale can be realized, and for such service the Commissioners must allow