666 LAWS OF MARYLAND.

36. No person shall shoot, trap or in any manner catch or
kill within the limits of Calvert county any partridge between
'the twenty-fourth (24) day of December and the fifth (5) day
of November of each and every year.

Approved February 18,1908.

CHAPTER 273.

AN ACT for the licensing of dogs and the protection of sheep,
lambs, poultry and other domestic animals from injury by
dogs in Calvert county.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-
land, That the owners of all dogs kept in Calvert county shall
procure a license at the rate of one dollar per annum for each
male dog kept, and two and a half dollars per annum for each
female dog kept.

SEC. 2. And be it enacted, It shall be the duty of the
County Commissioners to employ some one in every school or
election district to visit each house and collect the dog license
as hereby provided for, the dog license collector shall issue to
the owner of each dog for which the license has been paid a re-
ceipt for the amount paid and also a metallic tag, which can be
attached to the dog by means of a collar. The tag shall be
stamped with the name of the county and the year for which the
license has been paid. The dog license year shall correspond
with the calendar year, and the license should be collected dur-
ing the month of January each year. The County Commis-
sioners shall employ the lowest responsible bidder for making
the dog license collections, and require the adequate bond to
cover the amount to be collected. The bids shall be made on
the basis of so much for each dog license turned in. The dog
license receipts and tag shall have corresponding consecutive
numbers and each collector shall be charged up with the re-
ceipts and tags allotted to him and be responsible for the return
of the tags or their equivalent license to the County Commis-
sioners not later than the 10th day of February of each year.
The dog license collector may collect the license on any dog
which he failed to find in January at any time. The dog license
so collected shall be turned into the county treasury and set
aside as a special fund for use as hereinafter designated.

SEC. 3. And be it enacted, Any person who shall be found
guilty of making false returns to the dog license collector as to
their ownership of dogs so as to in any manner whatsoever
evade the dog license shall upon proof of the same be subject to