LICENSES. 799

sioners in counties having no Treasurer before the first day of July of each
year. Any person becoming the owner after the first day of July of any
dog six months or over which has not already been licensed, or any person
owning or keeping a dog which became six months old at any time after
the first day of July of any year, shall forthwith apply for and secure a
license for such dog in the same manner as the annual license is obtained
under the provisions of this sub-title.

The County Commissioners of the several counties are authorized to
provide for the employment of special officers or constables whose duty it
shall be to enforce the payment of the dog license fees or taxes provided
in this sub-title, and the said Commissioners are authorized to pay such
special officers out of the moneys arising from the said dog license or taxes
in the respective counties.

These Constables of the several counties may also receive and receipt
for necessary blanks and tags, may issue such dog licenses and tags in like
manner as prescribed for the issuance of licenses by a County Treasurer
or a Justice of the Peace. Every constable shall at the end of each month
report to the County Treasurer or Clerk to the County Commissioners in
counties having no Treasurer the number and character of licenses issued
and remit all moneys received for these licenses. Also every constable shall
deliver the book or books from which he issued license, together with the
stubs therein, properly filled out and showing the name and the number of
the license issued to him to the County Treasurer, or Clerk to the County
Commissioners in counties having no Treasurer before the first day of

July in each year.

1935, ch. 348.

269A. In Calvert County, the County Commissioners shall prepare

and furnish to the County Treasurer and to the Constables of said County
the metal tags as provided by Section 268 but shall not furnish any of
said tags to the Justices of the Peace of said County. The Constable of

each Election District shall be entitled to the fee of twenty-five cents for

each such license issued for his district, whether such license be issued by
the County Treasurer or by said Constable. It shall be the duty of the
County Treasurer to remit each month to said Constables the fee of twenty-
five cents for each license issued by him for their respective districts. ¹

An. Code, 1924, art. 81, sec. 209. 1918, ch. 497, sec. 198.
1929, ch. 226. sec. 270 (p. 711).

270. Any person may kill any dog which he sees in the act of pursuing,

worrying, wounding or killing any poultry or live stock, or attacking hu-
man beings whether or not such dog bears the proper license tag required
by these provisions. There shall be no liability on such persons in damages

or otherwise for such killing. Any unlicensed dog that enters any field

or yard shall constitute a private nuisance and the owner or tenant of

¹ Sec. 2 of ch. 348 of acts of 1935 repealed all laws inconsistent therewith to extent
of such inconsistency.