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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

owners of dogs and sluts in their respective districts,

and for such additional service shall receive an

Compensation.

additional compensation not exceeding ten per
centum of the whole amount of such tax by them

collected, to be paid out of such tax; and for the

faithful performance of such additional service, the

bond of said collectors to the State of Maryland for

double the amount of county tax entrusted to them

for collection is hereby made liable.

182. That for the collection of the annual tax

from owners of dogs and sluts, the collectors be and

Invested with
authority.

they are hereby invested with all the authority

conferred upon them as collectors of State and

county taxes.

183. That the real and personal property of own-

ers of dogs and sluts in Cecil county shall -be liable

What is liable
for the tax.

for the tax imposed by this act, and may be sold by

the collectors to pay the same and all costs of sale,

in the same manner as for State and county taxes.

181. That the collectors shall, upon the order of

Orders to col-

the county commissioners, cause to be killed any

lectors.

dog or slut for which tax is not paid before the first

day of April in each year, and whose owner has no

property from the sale of which the tax and costs

of sale could have been realized, and for such ser-

Compensation.

vice the commissioners may allow such compensa-

tion as they may deem adequate; provided it be

paid from the tax collected on dogs and sluts, and

any person opposing or in any way hindering a

collector or any one appointed by him to kill any

Penalty for

dog or slut, in the performance of his duty, shall be

hindering.

fined not more than one hundred dollars and costs,

nor less than ten dollars and costs upon conviction

before any justice of the peace in and for Cecil

county, and shall stand committed to tin county

jail until the fine and costs are paid.

185. That the collectors shall canvass thoroughly

Canvass dis-

their respective districts in order to ascertain the

tricts.

owners of dogs and sluts therein, and when a person

shall have paid to a collector the tax on a dog or

slut, the collector shall register the full name of

such person, the sex of the animal, and the amount

Register full

of tax paid, in a book to be provided for such pur-

name.

pose by the county commissioners, and the collector

shall also give to each person so registered a certifi-

cate of registration.