1952 LAWS OP MARYLAND. [Cn. 795

ing of said dog or dogs. Such license shall be issued on a
form prepared and supplied by the County Commissioners.
Such license shall be dated and numbered, and shall con-
tain a description of the dog licensed. All licenses shall
be void upon the first day of July of the following year.
The County Commissioners shall also furnish, and the County
Treasurer, or tax collecting officer issuing the license, shall
issue, with each license, a metal tag. Such tag shall be
affixed to a substantial collar. The collar shall be furnished
by the owner, and with the tag attached shall at all times
be kept on the dog for which the license is issued, except
when confined in the kennel or when hunting in charge of
an attendant.

325. The County Commissioners of the several counties
shall prepare, and furnish annually to the County Treasurer,
and to the tax collecting officer, metal tags to be given
the owners of dogs when such owners shall pay the
license fee for said dogs. Such tags shall be of metal, and
shall have serial number corresponding with the number on
the license issued to said owner, as provided in the preced-
ing section. Such tags shall also have impressed thereon
the calendar year for which such tag is issued, and shall
not be more than one inch in length, and shall be equipped
with a substantial metal fastening device. The general shape
of said tag shall be changed from year to year, and the tags
furnished owners of kennels shall have the word "kennel"
thereon. If any such tag is lost it shall be replaced by the
County Treasurer, or tax collecting office, upon application
by the person to whom the original license was issued,
upon the production of such license and payment of a fee of
twenty-five cents.

329. All monies arising from the dog licenses or taxes
shall be kept in a separate fund by the treasurer of the
respective counties, or tax collecting office thereof, and shall
be used for the payment of damages for the injury and kill-
ing of sheep, poultry or other livestock in said respective
counties. In the event the same are not sufficient for the
payment of all such damages the said damages shall be paid
in the order the claims are presented, and any person or
persons whose claims are not paid in any one year by rea-
son of the lack of money to the credit of the said fund,
which is to be designated "The Dog License Fund", shall be
paid out of the first money coming into the fund after his
claim is reached, and shall be paid in the order in which
said claims are proved and filed; and any claims now filed
and passed upon, but remaining unpaid, shall have prefer-