LICENSES 2439

1931, ch. 380.

323. Nothing in Sections 308 to 322, both inclusive, of this Article
shall be construed to apply to farmers and others having general hauler's
license, hauling certain farm products to markets for their neighbors, but
all such farmers and others having general hauler's license shall be allowed
to haul farm products, except milk, for their neighbors, when such hauling
constitutes the first movement of said products from farm to market;
provided, however, that no farmer or anyone having a general hauler's
license shall so haul as aforementioned on regular schedule, except when
transporting a seasonable product.

Nothing in this section shall be construed to affect in any manner any
rights or privileges which farmers and others having a general hauler's
license now or may hereafter have for the transportation of such products.

Dog Licenses in the Counties.

An. Code, 1924, art. 81, sec. 206. 1918, ch. 497, sec. 195. 1929, ch. 226, sec. 267 (p. 708).

324. On or before the first day of July, 1918, and on or before the
first day of July of each year thereafter, the owner of any dog, six months
old or over, shall apply either orally or in writing, to the County Trea-
surer or Clerk to the County Commissioners in Counties having no Trea-
surer of the county in which he or she resides of to a Justice of the Peace
of any district in said county for a license for each such dog owned or
kept by him, and such application shall be accompanied by a fee of one
dollar ($1.00) for each male dog or each spayed female dog, and a fee of
two dollars for each unspayed female dog, and provided that a kennel
license shall be issued for ten dollars ($10.00) to persons owning or keep-
ing not in excess of twenty-five dogs and that a kennel license fee of twenty
dollars ($20) shall be issued to persons keeping more than twenty-five
dogs. Provided, further, that in Talbot County the fee for a male dog or a
spayed female dog shall be $1.50 and the fee for an unspayed female
dog shall be $3.00. The said license or fee shall be the only license or
tax required for the ownership or keeping of said dog or dogs. Such
license shall be issued on a form prepared and supplied by the County
Commissioners. Such license shall be dated and numbered, and shall con-
tain a description of the dog licensed. All licenses shall be void upon the
first day of July of the following year. The County Commissioners shall
also furnish, and the county treasurer, or Justice of the Peace, issuing the
license, shall issue, with each license, a metal tag. Such tag shall be af-
fixed to a substantial collar. The collar shall be furnished by the owner,
and with the tag attached shall at all times be kept on the dog for which
the license is issued, except when confined in the kennel or when hunting
in charge of an attendant.

This and the following sections are not applicable to Baltimore City—see sec. 331. .

An. Code, 1924, art. 81, sec. 207. 1918, ch. 497, sec. 196. 1929, ch. 226, sec. 268 (p. 709).

325. The county commissioners of the several counties shall prepare,
and furnish annually to the county treasurer, Clerk to County Commis-
sioners in Counties having no Treasurer, and to the Justices of the Peace
of the respective counties metal tags to be given the owners of dogs when
such owners shall pay the license fee for said dogs. Such tags shall be of
metal, and shall have serial number corresponding with the number on the
license issued to said owner, as provided in the preceding section. Such