88 ALLEGANY COUNTY. [ART. 1.

1886, ch. 33.

251. All fines and forfeitures prescribed by the ordinances of the
commissioners shall be imposed by the said president, or any jus-
tice of the peace of Allegany county, upon a warrant to be issued,
directed to the said bailiff or any policeman; and the person con-
victed, in default of payment, may be committed to the jail of
Allegany county, or any other place provided by the commissioners.

WILD ANIMALS.

1863, ch. 239

252. Any citizen of this State who shall kill or destroy any
wolf, panther, wild cat or fox, within the limits of Allegany
county, shall be entitled to the following allowance, to wit: For
each wolfs scalp, the sum of twenty dollars; for each wild cat's
scalp, the sum of one dollar and fifty cents; for each fox's scalp,
the sum of one dollar; and for each panther's scalp, the sum of
five dollars.

P. L. L., (1860, ) art. 1, sec. 189.

253. To obtain such allowance it shall be necessary for the
person killing any such animal to produce the head of the same
before some justice of the peace for said county, and at the same
time make oath that the said animal was taken and killed within
the limits of Allegany county within six days before the produc-
tion of the head before the justice; and the said justice shall
thereupon give the person so producing such head a certificate
that it was produced before him, wherein he shall set forth the
above mentioned oath; and it shall also be the duty of the justice
to destroy any such head to prevent any second allowance for the
same.

Ibid. sec. 190.

254. Upon the production of such certificate the county
commissioners shall levy upon the assessable property of
the county the aforesaid allowance, for the use of the person
producing the same, and shall pay the same accordingly.