5142 ARTICLE 23.

1929, ch. 27, sec. 18.

383. Whenever the bonds or any part of the bonds authorized by this
Act are sold, the commissioners of Sharptown may levy upon the assess-
able property of Sharptown annually, so long as any of said bonds are
outstanding, such sum of money in addition to the tax rate authorized
by Section 1 of Article 71,+ of the Code of Public Local Laws of Mary-
land, title "Wicomico County," sub-title "Sharptown," as may be neces-
sary to pay the interest on the said bonds and to retire the said bonds
at maturity.

1929, ch. 27, sec. 19.

384. All Acts and parts of Acts inconsistent with the provisions of this
Act be and the same are hereby repealed to the extent of their incon-
sistency, provided that nothing herein contained shall be taken as repeal-
ing any part of Chapter 810 of the Acts of the Maryland Legislature
of 1914, nor as restricting any control which the State Board of Health
of Maryland is empowered to exercise.

SHEEP.

P. L. L., 1888, Art. 23, sec. 178. 1876, ch. 315.

385. Wicomico, Howard, Caroline, Cecil, Dorchester and Worcester
counties are exempted from the provisions of sections 1 and 2, of article
86 of the code of public general laws, title "Sheep."

P. L. L., 1888, Art. 23, sec. 179. 1880, ch. 463.

386. It shall be unlawful for any dog to kill or wound any sheep in
Wicomico county; and if any owner of any sheep, his tenant or agent, in
said county, shall at any time obtain any reliable information of any dog
having killed or wounded any sheep belonging to said owner, or left in
the care of said tenant or agent, the said owner, tenant or agent shall
forthwith notify, by the most convenient means, the owner or keeper of
said dog, of the depredations so committed; and if the owner or keeper
of said dog shall refuse or fail to kill, remove or keep the same from said
county, within ten days after receiving said notice, then it shall be lawful
for the owner of said sheep, or the said tenant or agent, to kill said dog
at the first opportunity thereafter.

P. L. L., 1888, Art. 23, sec. 180. 1880, ch. 463.

387. In addition to the provisions in the preceding section, the owner
or keeper of said dog shall be held responsible in law for all losses or
damages sustained by the owner of said sheep, in consequence of the kill-
ing or wounding of the same, as aforesaid, and shall be liable to all legal
proceedings for the collection of debts in this State, for the recovery of
the said damages.

+Reference was evidently intended to sec. 358 of this Article.