WM. PRESTON LANE, JR., GOVERNOR. 2111

114A. In addition to any and all other powers now exercised
by the Mayor and Council of Crisfield with respect to the regu-
lation and control of all dogs in said municipality, whether
said existing powers be by statute, implied, inherent or other-
wise, the said Mayor and Council of Crisfleld in addition there-
to are hereby expressly authorized to establish and to main-
tain in said City a Department for the supervision and licens-
ing of said dogs, including the fixing of a license fee, classes
of licenses, and the handling, impounding, disposition and
destruction of all unlicensed or stray dogs. In addition there-
to, the said Mayor and Council are authorized to establish
public dog pounds, employ adequate personnel as dog-catchers
or pound employees and to have full, complete and plenary
power and authority to properly administer the provisions of
this Act and any municipal ordinance promulgated hereunder.

114B. The said Mayor and Council shall have full and
plenary powers hereunder to appoint such dog-catchers as
they deem necessary to enforce such ordinances, rules or regu-
lations duly passed by the Mayor and Council of Crisfield
hereunder.

114C. Thirty days after the establishment of a license sys-
tem by the Mayor and Council of Crisfleld pursuant to the
provisions of this Act or appropriate ordinance passed by the
Mayor and Council of Crisfleld hereunder, then only such dogs
in the City of Crisfleld who shall be duly licensed shall be
deemed personal property when at large and may be the sub-
ject of larceny and unlawful trespass, and the owners thereof
may maintain any action for the unlawful use thereof as in
the case of other personal property; the fact that a dog is with-
out a license shall be "prima facie" evidence that the dog is
unlicensed.

114D. The Mayor and Council of Crisfleld shall have the
power to make from time to time, in their discretion, all neces-
sary rules, regulations and ordinances for the convenient and
effective enforcement of this Act or ordinances or regulations
enacted hereunder, including punishment by a fine of not more
than One Dollar ($ 1.00) for the first violation and not more
than Five Dollars ($5.00) for each subsequent violation of any
ordinance, or ordinances, rules or regulations.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That if any clause,
sentence, paragraph, or part of this sub-title shall for any
reason be adjudged by a Court of Competent jurisdiction to
be invalid, such judgment shall be confined in its operation to
the clause, sentence, paragraph or part involved in the con-
troversy in which such judgment shall have been rendered.