TALBOT COUNTY. 4615

P. L. L., 1888, Art. 21, sec. 152. 1876, ch. 170.

348. The collector shall assess and value any assessable property that
he may find within the limits of the town unassessed by the assessor, at its-
worth in ready money, and collect the amount of taxes thereon as if the
same were inserted in the assessment list aforesaid, and shall account for
the same as directed in the preceding section.

P. L. L., 1888, Art. 21, sec. 153. 1884, ch. 88.

349. No person shall keep, own or harbor a dog or bitch in said town
without first obtaining a license from the clerk to the commissioners for
that purpose, in the month of June in each and every year, and paying
at the time of obtaining such license one dollar for a license to keep, own
or harbor a dog, and three dollars for a license to keep, own or harbor a
bitch; the keeper, owner or harborer of every dog or bitch for which a
license shall be obtained shall have a collar placed around the neck of
said dog or bitch, on which collar shall be placed a number corresponding
to the number of the license; every dog or bitch found going at large in
said town without such collar and number shall be shot or otherwise de-
stroyed by the bailiff of said town; and if any person shall bring a dog
or bitch into said town after the month of June in any year, he shall
obtain a license for said dog or bitch within ten days thereafter, and shall
pay for the same as hereinbefore directed, and place a collar, with a num-
ber, around the neck of said dog or bitch, otherwise the said dog or bitch
shall be shot or otherwise destroyed; provided, that if any dog or bitch
being once in any year licensed .as aforesaid should lose the number, the
owner, keeper or harborer of said dog or bitch shall, within ten days after
being notified by the bailiff, of such loss, obtain a duplicate number from
the clerk to the commissioners; said number to be furnished the keeper,
owner or harborer at cost; 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 nor more than five dollars.

P. L. L., 1888, Art. 21, sec. 154. 1884, ch. 88.

350. Any justice of the peace residing in said town, or, in the absence
of such justice, any justice of the peace of election district number three,
in Talbot county, upon complaint made before him of the violation of any
law, by-law or ordinance of said corporation, shall issue process, in the
name of the commissioners of Oxford, to recover the fine or penalty im-
posed for the violation of such law, by-law or ordinance, against the party
offending, and may hear and determine the matter as in any case arising
under the laws of the State, and shall receive the same fees therefor; the
justice shall, in default of the payment of any fine or penalty imposed
by him for a violation of any law, by-law or ordinance of the said cor-
poration, commit the party fined to the county jail for a period not exceed-
ing thirty days; and the sheriff of Talbot county shall receive and confine
the party so committed in the same manner as other persons, and shall
be entitled to the same compensation therefor, to be paid by the county
commissioners.