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urer to pay the same and all costs of sale, in the same manner
as such property may be sold for State and county taxes.

SEC. 5. And be it enacted, That the Board of County Com-
missioners in said county shall furnish to all persons paying
the tax on dogs or sluts herein provided a metal tag for each
dog or slut, bearing on the face of said tag the year for which
the tax is paid and the sex of the animal, which said tags shall
be worn by all dogs on which the said tax is paid under this
Act; and if any dog or slut shall be found going at large off the
premises of its owner or keeper without wearing such tag, it
shall be the duty of any constable, or it shall be lawful for any
other citizen of Talbot County, to take up and impound said
dog or slut and to advertise same in one of the newspapers
printed in Talbot County, giving a full description of the ani-
mal ; and if the owner of such impounded animal fails to claim
same within one week from the date of the first insertion of said
advertisement and to pay to the person impounding same all
costs of advertising and maintenance of said animal, then the
person so impounding said animal as aforesaid may lawfully
kill the same, and for every animal so killed the County Com-
missioners, on receiving satisfactory proof that the animal was
duly advertised before being killed, shall pay to the person kill-
ing same all costs of advertisement and maintenance during the
time the same was impounded, and an additional sum of fifty
cents for killing said animal, provided all said payments be
made from the tax collected on dogs and sluts under this Act.

SEC. 6. And be it enacted, That the County Treasurer, upon
the order of the County Commissioners of Talbot County, shall
cause to be killed any dog or slut for which said tax is not paid
before the first day, of September in each year, and whose owner
has no property from the sale of which the tax and costs of
sale can be realized, and for such service the Commissioners
must allow to the person killing same the sum of fifty cents for
each dog or slut so caused to be killed by them, provided it be
paid from the tax collected on dogs and sluts under this Act;
and any person opposing or in any way hindering said Treas-
urer or any one appointed by him to kill any dog or slut in the
performance of his duty under this Act, shall be 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 Talbot County, and shall stand committed to the county
jail until the fine and costs are paid.

SEC. 7. And be it enacted, That the County Treasurer shall
canvass thoroughly the said county in order to ascertain the
names of the owners or keepers of dogs and sluts therein; and
when a person shall have paid to him the tax on any dog or