668 LAWS OF MARYLAND.

SEC. 6. And be it enacted. That the County Commissioners
shall direct the constables to kill any dog for which said tax
is not paid before the first day of April in each year, and for
finch service the Commissioners may allow such compensation
as they may deem adequate; provided, it be paid from the tax
collected on dogs; and any person opposing or in any way
hindering any constable in killing any dog in the performance
of his duty shall be fined not more than one hundred dollars
nor less than ten dollars and costs, upon conviction before any
justice of the peace in and for Calvert County, and shall stand
committed to the county jail until the fine and costs are paid.

SEC. 7. And be it enacted, That every person who shall ma-
liciously remove from any dog wearing the legal tag procured
from the constables or County Treasurer, shall pay a fine of
five dollars and costs, upon conviction before any justice of the
peace in and for Calvert County.

SEC. 8. And be it enacted, That in case of the loss of the tag
issued by the County Treasurer, upon application to him by
the owners of the dog, a duplicate may be furnished on the
payment of twenty-five cents and satisfactory evidence being
furnished that the tax of one dollar for a male dog and two
dollars for a female dog, as the case may be, has been paid for
the current year for the use of the dog.

SEC. 9. And be it enacted, That when any resident of Cal-
vert County shall have any domestic fowls or animals de-
stroyed or injured by dogs, he may apply to any justice of the
peace of said county, who shall appoint three disinterested
persons as appraisers, to view and appraise the damages by
him sustained, and they, or a majority of them, shall, under
oath, state in writing, to the County Commissioners, the num-
ber of fowls or animals so killed, the character and extent of
the injury, if any, and the amount of damages sustained by
the owner; and in like manner they shall give a general de-
scription of both the destroyed and injured fowls or animals;
and both the appraisers and the owner shall make oath that
they believe the 'same to have been destroyed or injured by
dogs, and they, or either of them, shall state under oath the
names of the owners of said dogs, and when the report of such
proceedings shall have been filed in the office of the County
Commissioners the said Commissioners shall review said re-
port, and if in their judgment the amount of damages stated
is unfair, they shall award such amounts as they may deem
fair; provided, that before the Commissioners shall make any
award of damages for the killing of said fowls or animals the
person claiming damages shall be required to prove to the
satisfaction of the County Commissioners that he does not