ART. 5.] CALVERT COUNTY. 667

a fine of not exceeding ten dollars, or imprisonment for not
more than thirty days.

SEC. 4. And be it enacted, Whoever suffers loss by the worry'
ing, maiming or killing of sheep, lambs, fowls or other domestic
animals by dogs outside of the enclosure of the owners or keepers
of such dogs, may inform the justice of the peace for the district
wherein the damage was done, who shall proceed to the prem-
ises where the damage was done and determine whether the
same was inflicted by dogs, and, if so, appraise the amount there-
of if it does not exceed twenty dollars, if in the opinion of said
officers the amount of said damages exceeds twenty dollars, he
shall appoint one disinterested person, and the person damaged
shall appoint one disinterested person who with the said of-
ficer shall appraise under oath the amount thereof. The said
officer shall return a certificate of the damages found to the
treasurer of the county in which the damage is done within ten
days after such appraised is made. The treasurer shall there-
upon submit the same to the County Commissioners, who with-
in thirty days shall examine all such bills, and if any doubt ex-
ists, may summon the appraisers and all parties interested and
make such examination as they think proper, and shall issue an
order upon the treasurer of the county in which the damage was
done for such amount, if any, as they decide to be just, the
treasurer shall pay all orders drawn upon him for the above
purposes in full on or after the first day of January each year if
the amount in his hands standing to the credit of the dog license
fund is sufficient thereof otherwise he shall pay such amount
pro rata upon such orders in full discharge thereof on de-
mand. The appraisers shall receive from the county treasury
out of the money received under the provisions of this chapter
relating to dogs, one dollar each for every such examination
made by them, and the justice of the peace acting in the case
shall receive in addition twenty cents per mile one way for his
necessary travel.

SEC. 5. And be it enacted, That the County Commissioners
may offer a reward of not more than ten dollars for the killing
of any dog found to have worried, maimed or killed sheep,
lambs, fowls or other domestic animals, thereby causing dam-
ages for which the owner may become entitled to compensation
from the dog license funds as provided for in the preceding
section, or for evidence which shall determine to the satisfac-
tion of the County Commissioners who is the owner or keeper
of the dog by which the damage was done. The County Com-
missioners are authorized to have the treasurer pay the said
reward from the dog license fund.