668 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 384

and they are hereby repealed and re-enacted, with amend-
ments, to read as follows:

256A (a). (Creation of a Department for the Supervision
and Licensing of Dogs, and Authority to Appoint Dog War-
dens.) The Board of County Commissioners of Anne Arundel
County shall establish and maintain a department for the
supervision and licensing of dogs, including the fixing of
license fees, classes of licenses, handling, impounding and dis-
posing of dogs, and they shall establish centrally located
public dog pounds in the county, purchase and provide neces-
sary equipment, employ adequate personnel, and have full
power and authority properly to administer the provisions of
this sub-title.

(b) The Board of County Commissioners shall appoint Dog
Wardens who shall have all the powers of a constable or other
peace officer in the execution of the provisions of the sub-
title including the issue of a summons or the service of a
warrant of arrest, or of replevin for a dog; to make arrests,
and to prosecute charges in connection with unlawful acts
or violations relating to or growing out of such enforcement.

(c) Beginning in January each year, Wardens shall make a
complete canvass of the election district or districts for which
they are appointed and shall compile a census, in a book fur-
nished by the County Treasurer, showing the names and post-
office addresses of every householder in each district; and,
after the name of each member of a household that owns or
harbors a dog, they shall record a complete description of each
dog and examine and record the license numbers of all current
license certificates.

It shall be the duty of the duly appointed Wardens diligently
to seek out, pursue and destroy in as humane manner as
possible all unlicensed dogs known to be living in a wild state
in the county or his district, to collect all dead dogs
found on the public grounds or highways of his district and
either to bury or otherwise effectually to dispose of all such
carcasses; to pick up or receive for adoption or destruction
stray and unwanted cats that have remained for a period of
four or more days at an unoccupied premises or at a home not
its own when such fact is certified to on a disposal slip by the
householder; to destroy critically sick and injured animals,
found on the public highways, and at the request of owners;
and to respond promptly to all calls relating to proper en-
forcement of this sub-title. Compensation of the Wardens
and other personnel shall be fixed by the Board of County
Commissioners.