1716 QUEEN ANNE'S COUNTY. [ART. 18.

powder or any combustible matter within the limits of said town,
and make all necessary regulations in reference to wells and
pumps therein.

1870, ch 813.

247. No person shall keep a dog or bitch in said town with-
out first' obtaining a license from the clerk for that purpose, in
the month of May of each and every year, and paying, at the
time of license being granted, one dollar for every dog, and for
every bitch two dollars; and the owner of every dog or bitch for
which a license shall be obtained shall have a collar put around!
the neckiof said dog or bitch; and every other dog or bitch found!
going at large in said town, shall be shot or otherwise destroyed
by the bailiff of said town; and if any person shall bring a dog or
bitch into said town after the month of May, in any year, he-
shall obtain a license within ten days thereafter, and pay for
the same, as hereinbefore directed, and place a collar around the
neck of said dog or bitch, or otherwise said dog or bitch shall be
shot or otherwise destroyed; any person failing or refusing to
comply with this law shall be liable to a fine of not less than one
dollar and fifty cents for each dog, and two dollars and fifty
cents for each bitch brought or kept by him in said town, in ad-
dition to the penalty of having the same shot or otherwise de-
stroyed if found going at large without a collar about his or her
neck.

Ibid.

248. The commissioners may pass all laws and ordinances
necessary to give effect and operation to the powers vested in,
them, and may impose such fines, penalties and forfeitures for
breach of their laws and ordinances as they may think proper,
not exceeding five dollars for any one offence; and said commis-
sioners shall forthwith define and locate the limits of said town,
and cause surveys and plats thereof to be made, and have the
same filed and recorded in the clerk's office for Queen Anne's
county, for reference and safe keeping; and the said commission-
ers may pass all laws and ordinances necessary for grading, regu-
lating, paving and repairing the footways in the streets, lanes
and alleys of said town, and impose a tax on any lot fronting on
any street, lane or alley, for the purpose of grading, regulating
paving and repairing the footways in front thereof, or compel by