EDWIN WARFIELD, ESQ., GOVERNOR.

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said dog without wearing such tag as is provided for in this
Act, any resident or landowner may kill said dog found going
at large without wearing the aforesaid tag, and that any per-
son may kill any dog, whether tagged or not, which may be
caught in the act of killing, destroying, worrying or chasing
sheep either upon their own land or that of another, for
which killing the owner of said dog so killed shall be
debarred from recovering any sum in any court of this State
as damages for such killing.

93 H. And be it enacted, That any person who shall malici-

CHAP. 309

May kill dog
without tag,
etc.

ously remove from any dog wearing the same, the aforesaid
tag, the annual tax having been paid, shall be fined ten dol-
lars and costs, and any person killing any dog wearing any
license tag as provided by this Act, whether by mistake or
otherwise, unless caught in the act of killing, destroying,
worrying or chasing sheep, as provided in Section 7 of this
Act, shall be liable to the owner of said dog in an action for
damages for the full value of said dog, which value shall not
be less than ten dollars, to be recovered by the usual pro-
ceedings in such cases.

93 I. And be it enacted, That any non-resident of Garrett

Liable for
damages.

county may obtain a license tag for any dog in the same
manner as provided in Sections 4 and 5 of this Act upon the
payment of the tax provided for in Section 1 of this Act,
but that if any non-resident can furnish satisfactory evi-
dence to the constable by receipt or otherwise that he has
already paid an annual license tax upon the dog or bitch for
which license is sought, the constable shall then issue to
the owner a tag upon the payment of ten cents, and shall
keep a record of the case as provided in Section 4 of this
Act.

93 K. And be it enacted, That any person whose sheep

License for
dogs of non-
residents.

has been killed or injured by any dog shall go at once before
a justice of the peace in his district and make affidavit
before him of such loss or injury, whereupon said justice
shall immediately issue a summons for the owner of such
dog, and for such witnesses as may in his judgment be neces-
sary to ascertain the amount of damages sustained by such
killing or injury; and if the owner of the dog causing the
injury is known, the justice shall forthwith give judgment
for such damages as may be ascertained, in the name of the

Judgment for
damages
given.