994 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 500

The metal tag herein referred to shall bear the license number
and fiscal year.

100 I. Any person or persons or body corporate owning,
harboring, or having in their custody and control any dog or
dogs who shall fail or refuse to pay the license tax provided in
the preceding sections, or who shall fail or refuse to place the
metal tag upon said dogs after receiving the same on or before
the first day of July in each and every fiscal year, upon the
arrest and conviction before a magistrate, shall pay a fine of
not less than Five Dollars ($5. 00) nor more than Ten Dollars
($10. 00).

100J. It shall be lawful for any person to kill any dog
even though tagged when found chasing or killing sheep, cat-
tle or poultry upon the lands of any person other than the
owner of said dog, or when found unattended and in an enclos-
ure where sheep are kept, (except on a farm belonging to owner
of said dog) or when found upon the owner's premises unat-
tended and without a tag bearing the proper license number;
and no person or persons shall have any right of action to
recover the value of any dog killed as herein provided, from
the person killing the same.

100K. The County Commissioners of Allegany County
shall pay to any person identifying by proper proof a sheep
killing dog the sum of Ten Dollars ($10. 00), and when so
identified and proved to the satisfaction of the County Commis-
sioners, the said County Commissioners shall order the said
dog to be killed and no right of remuneration shall accrue to
the owner of said dog. Any owner of a dog, after having been
duly notified by the County Commissioners to kill a sheep kill-
ing dog, who fails or refuses to do the same, shall upon arrest
and conviction be fined a sum not less than Five Dollars
($5. 00) nor more than Twenty-five Dollars ($25. 00).

100L. It shall be the duty of each and every constable in
Allegany County to aid in the enforcement of the provisions
of all the sections of this Act, and when any dog is killed by
any constable under the provisions of this Act, he shall be en-
titled to receive from the County Commissioners, the sum of
One Dollar and Fifty cents ($1. 50), for killing said dog and
burying the same.

SEC. 2. Be it further enacted, That this Act shall take
effect June 1st, 1916.

Approved April 18th, 1916.