1584 PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY. [ART. 17.

who shall fail or refuse to pay the aforesaid tax, shall be liable to
a fine of five dollars and costs, to be recovered in the name of
the county commissioners, as small debts are now recoverable
before any justice of the peace of said county, one-half of the
said fine to go to the county commissioners for the purposes
hereinafter specified, and the other half to the informer; pro-
vided, however, that any owner who shall kill any dog rather
than pay such tax, shall not be liable for such tax.

1872, ch. 154.

122. It shall be the duty of the several constables in the
county to kill each and every dog in his election district for
which no owner can be found, or upon which dog the owner
shall fail or refuse to pay the aforesaid tax, or to kill such dog
within one month after the said tax shall have been demanded;
and it shall be lawful for any person other than the said con-
stables, to kill any such dog for which no owner can be found,
or for which the owner shall have refused or failed for one
month after the aforesaid tax shall have been demanded, to pay
the same.

Ibid.

123. The county commissioners shall issue licenses with blanks,
for the name of the owner, date of delivery, and description of
dog, in the name of the county commissioners, signed by the
president of the said board of county commissioners, or a ma-
jority of said commissioners, and attested by the clerk thereof, for
any such dog, and cause a sufficient number of the same to be
delivered to the several constables in said county, whose duty it
shall be to deliver the same to the owner called upon for said tax,
or applying to said officers for such license, upon the payment of
the tax hereinbefore prescribed; and at the time of such delivery,
to fill up the blanks in said licenses, to be left for that purpose,
with the color and name of the owner, the date of such delivery,
and with such an accurate description of the dog as may be
practicable.

Ibid.

124. They shall keep an accurate account of every license
signed and issued under the provisions of the preceding section;
shall charge the exact number delivered to every such constable,