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the said Commissioners shall review said report, and if in their
judgment the amount of damages stated is unfair they shall
award such amounts as they may deem fair; provided, that be-
fore the Commissioners shall make any award of damages for
the killing of said fowls or animals the person claiming dam-
ages shall be required to prove to the satisfaction of the County
Commissioners that he does not know and is unable with rea-
sonable diligence, to ascertain the owner of the dogs which
did such damage, or if the said owner is known, to prove to the
satisfaction of said commissioners that it is impracticable to
collect the amount of damage sustained by suit against the
owner of said dogs; and in case any dog shall be known to kill
any domestic fowls or animals it shall be lawful for any person
to kill such dog, and in case of damage to any person by reason
of loss or injury to his domestic fowls or animals shall be from
dogs, either his own or kept upon his premises, he shall be enti-
tled to no compensation under this Act; and provided, fur-
ther, that said County Commissioners may allow the costs of
appraisement or such proportion thereof as in their discretion
may seem reasonable out of said fund in each case where such
damages are allowed; and may also allow payment for the
treatment, by the Pasteur or other treatment, of any person
who may be bitten by a mad dog, cat, horse or other animal,
and who is uanble to pay for such treatment for himself or
herself, out of such fund, if in the judgment of said County
Commissioners the circumstances justify such action.

SEC. 10. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take
effect from the date of its passage.

Approved April 8, 1910.

CHAPTER 716.

AN ACT to incorporate the town of Woodmont, in Montgom-
ery county, State of Maryland.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-
land, That the inhabitants of the town of Woodmont, in Mont-
gomery county, State of Maryland, are hereby created a body
corporate by the name and style of the town of Woodmont,
with all the powers and privileges of a body politic and cor-
porate, and by said corporate name, shall have perpetual suc-
cession, sue and be sued, plead and be impleaded in any Court
of law or equity, may have the use of common seal and may
acquire, hold and own real, personal and mixed property when
the best interests of the town may so demand.