WM. T. HAMILTON, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR.

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186. That the collectors shall, on or before the

first day of each month, pay to the clerk of the county

To whom to

commissioners the amount of tax on dogs and sluts

pay.

collected by them and remaining in their hands less

ten per centum of said amount, and the clerk shall

place the amount thus received to the credit of the

sheep fund of the county, and said collectors shall,

on or before the first day of April of each year, file in

the office of the county commissioners the books

used by them in registering the names of persons

from whom they received tax on dogs and sluts, and

File books
used.

at the same time shall also file a list of the owners

of dogs and sluts, if any there be in their respective

districts, who have not paid the tax due from them,

attaching thereto a statement showing the number

of dogs and sluts for which no owners could be

found.

187. That the tax collected from the owners of

dogs or sluts shall be devoted first to the remunera-

Tax— how de-
voted.

tion of inhabitants of the county for losses sustained

by sheep being destroyed or injured by dogs or

sluts; but if there remain in the county treasury,

to the credit of the "sheep fund " on the first day

of September of each year, a sum more than. suffici-

ent to pay the awards for damages to sheep made

by the commissioners prior to that date, such sur-

plus shall, upon the order of the commissioners, be

Surplus to ed-
ucation.

paid by their clerk to the School Commissioners of

Cecil county, to be by them devoted to the purposes

of education.

188. That when any inhabitant of Cecil county

shall have any sheep destroyed or injured by dogs

or sluts, he may apply to any justice of the peace

To whom to

apply.

of said county, who shall appoint three disinterested

persons as appraisers to view and appraise the dam-

ages by him sustained, and they, or a majority of

them, shall, under oath, state in writing to the

county commissioners the number of sheep killed,

the character and extent of the injury, if any, done

to the flock or any portion thereof, and the amount

of damages sustained by the owner; and in like

manner they shall give a general description of both

Give general

the destroyed and injured sheep, and both the ap-

description.

praisers and the owner of the sheep shall make

oath that they believe the sheep to have been de-

stroyed or injured by dogs or sluts; and they, or either