666 LAWS OF MARYLAND.

with a Justice of the Peace of the said county an itemized
statement showing the exact costs of making or repairing the
said fence with proof of notice aforesaid, whereupon the said
justice shall docket a case against the owner of the land, and
notify said owner, his tenant, overseer or other representative
in case the said owner is a new resident of Calvert County, and
five days after such notice the said justice shall hear the case,
to determine whether the work has been performed and the rea-
sonableness of the charges for making or repairing the said
fence, and enter judgment in favor of plaintiff for the actual
cost of making or repairing said fence and costs of suit, which
judgment shall become, when recorded, the first lien upon the
land over and above any mortgage judgment or any other evi-
dence of debt.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take
effect from the date of its passage.

Approved April 5, 1910.

CHAPTER 462.

AN ACT providing for the taxation of dogs in Calvert County,
and creating a fund out of which owners of domestic fowls
and animals killed or injured by dogs may be reimbursed for
the loss of the same, and furnishing revenue for the use of the
public schools of said county.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-
land, That all owners of dogs upwards of six months old in
Calvert County shall pay 'to the county an annual tax of one
dollar for each male dog and two dollars for each female dog;
and any dog kept or straying about the premises of any person
with his knowledge, whether such person be the owner or only
the occupant of said premises, shall be deemed, for the purpose
of this section, the property of said person; and the tax im-
posed by this section shall be due and payable on the first day
of January of each year, and shall be payable within the first
thirty days of each year.

SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That it shall be the duty of the
County Commissioners to provide the constables of the county
in their respective districts, with suitable metal tags, having
stamped on one side the number thereof and on the other side
the year for which they are to be used, to be worn on the
necks of the dogs, whose owner shall pay to the constables the
said tax, and the County Commissioners shall provide the con-
stables with blank receipts in printed form, which, when filled
up, shall contain the name of the owner of the dog, his post-