1278 SHEEP AND DOGS. [ART. 86.

P. G. L , (1860,) art. 86, sec. 2. 1805, ch 65, sec. 50. 1843, ch 284, sec. 1.

2. He shall record all commissions to civil officers issued by
the governor in a book to be kept by him for that purpose, and
shall transmit the same to the clerks of the several circuit courts
for the counties and of the superior court of Baltimore city.

Ibid. sec. 3. 1852, ch. 172, sec. 4.

3. He shall preserve the reports of the clerks of said courts,
transmitted to him from time to time, of the qualification of
officers, and shall be competent to certify to their character and
qualification equally with the said clerks.

1874, ch. 483, sec. 141.

4. The secretary of State shall furnish to the comptroller,
annually, a list of all officers who have been reported to him by
the several clerks as having qualified by taking the oath of office.

1874, ch. 1.

5. The governor is authorized and empowered, in case of the
sickness or absence of the secretary of State, to appoint, tempo-
rarily, an assistant to the secretary of State, who shall be em-
powered to discharge all the duties imposed by law upon said
secretary during his illness or absence from the seat of govern-
ment ; and the governor is authorized to pay, out of the executive
contingent fund, for such services, a salary not exceeding one
hundred and fifty dollars per month.

ARTICLE LXXXVI.

SHEEP AND DOCS.

1. Owner of sheep may kill sheep- killing dogs. 2. Owner of sheep killed or injured may recover damages from owner of dogs; proceedings before jus-

tice of the peace; excepted coun- ties. 3-4. Special provisions for Caroline, Cecil, Dorchester, Howard, Wicomico and Worcester counties.