ART. 21.] EASTON. 1861

1886, ch. 28.

75. No dog or bitch shall be kept or harbored or permitted to
run at large within the limits of Easton, unless the said dog or
bitch shall have a collar about his or her neck, to which shall be
attached a licensed number to be furnished by the commissioners
of Easton, who are required to have the same prepared; and the
said license shall expire on the first day of May next thereafter;
and if granted for a part of year, a. pro rata sum shall be charged
therefor; it shall be the duty of the bailiff of Easton to kill all
dogs and bitches found running at large in the said town unless
licensed as herein provided; and he shall receive from the com-
missioners of Easton the sura of twenty-five cents for every dog
or bitch so killed; no one in Easton shall keep or suffer to be kept
or harbored on his premises, any dog or bitch which is not licensed
as herein provided; the owner or keeper of a dog or bitch in Eas-
ton shall pay to the commissioners of Easton, annually, the sum
of one dollar and fifty cents for every dog, and the sum of two
dollars and fifty cents for every bitch, and the evidence of the
payment of the same shall be a receipt of the commissioners of
Easton for the same, and the number attached to the collar of the
dog or bitch; no one but the owner or keeper of any dog or bitch
shall remove therefrom the licensed number; all dogs and bitches
licensed under this section shall be muzzled by their owners or
keepers when required by proclamation of the commissioners of
Easton; anyone violating any of the preceding provisions of this
section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction
before a justice of the peace of Talbot county, shall be fined not
less than three nor more than five dollars for each and every
violation, and be imprisoned until fine and costs are paid; pro-
vided, that the accused shall have the right to elect a jury trial,
as prescribed by section 118. On complaint to the commissioners
of Easton that a dog or bitch, by barking, biting, howling or in
any other manner, disturbs the quiet of any person, the commis-
sioners, on being satisfied of the truth of said complaint, shall
direct the bailiff to give notice thereof to the person keeping or
permitting to be kept or remain on his premises such dog or
bitch; and in case such person shall, for the space of two days
after such notice, neglect to cause such dog or bitch to be removed
so as to prevent the disturbance, he shall pay a fine of one dollar