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and take him before the said police justice, and upon conviction of said
offense the said offender shall be fined not less than one dollar, or more
than twenty dollars, with costs, and in default of payment of the fine and
cost aforesaid or security aforesaid, the party shall be committed to the
county jail as in like cases of default as is herein provided; all fines and
penalties and forfeitures so recovered, shall be paid to the Mayor and
Council of Easton, and shall form a part of the revenues of said town.

1906, ch. 458, sec. 97M.

209. No dog or bitch shall be kept or harbored or permitted to run at
large within the limits of Easton unless the said dog or bitch shall have a
collar about his or her neck, to which shall be attached a license number to
be furnished by the town clerk, who is required to have the same prepared;
and the said license shall expire on the first day of May next thereafter;
and if granted for a part of a year, a pro rata sum shall be charged there-
for ; it shall be the duty of the chief of police or his deputies to dispose of,
impound or kill all dogs or bitches found running at large in the said town,
unless licensed as herein provided, in such a manner as may be provided
,by ordinance, and he shall receive from the treasury of Easton the sum of
twenty-five cents for every dog or bitch so impounded or killed; no one in
Easton shall keep or suffer to be kept or harbored on his premises any dog
or bitch which is not licensed as herein provided; the owner or keeper of
a dog or bitch in Easton shall pay to the Mayor and Council annually the
sum of one dollar and fifty cents for every dog, and the sum of two dollars
and fifty cents for every bitch, and the evidence of the payment of the
same shall be a receipt of the town clerk of Easton for the same, and the
number must be attached to the collar of the dog or bitch; no one but the
owner or keeper of any dog or bitch shall remove therefrom the license
number; all dogs and bitches licensed under this section shall be muzzled
by their owners or keepers when required by proclamation of the Mayor
and Council of Easton; any one violating any of the preceding provisions
of this section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction before
the police justice of Easton district of Talbot county shall be fined not less
than three or more than five dollars for each and every violation, and be
imprisoned until the fine and costs are paid; provided, that the accused
shall have the right to elect a jury trial. On complaint to the Mayor and
Council of Easton that any dog or bitch by barking, biting, howling or in
any other manner disturbs the quiet of any person, the Mayor and Council
on being satisfied of the truth of said complaint shall direct the chief of
police to give notice thereof to the person or persons keeping or permitting
to be kept or remain on his or their premises such dog or bitch; and in
case such person or persons shall for the space of two days after such
notice neglect to cause such dog or bitch to be removed so as to prevent
the disturbance, he or they shall pay a fine of one dollar for every day
which shall elapse until such dog or bitch be removed as aforesaid; all fines
recovered under said section shall be paid to the Mayor and Council of
Easton.