ALBERT C. RITCHIE, GOVERNOR 1001

said license, reporting the same, and remitting payment there-
for, to the County Treasurer, or Clerk of the County Com-
missioners in counties having no Treasurer, the sum of twenty-
five cents. Such report and remittance shall be made by the
Justice of the Peace at the end of each month ; whereupon the
County Treasurer shall make a record of, and otherwise treat,
said license as though it had been issued from his office, ex-
cept that he shall also note upon his record the name of the
Justice issuing the license. Every Justice of the Peace shall
deliver the book or books from which he had issued license,
together with the stubs therein properly filled out and show-
ing the name of each licensee and the number of the license
issued to him to the County Treasurer or Clerk to the County
Commissioners in counties having no Treasurer before the
first day of July of each year. Any person becoming the
owner after the first day of July of any dog six months or
over which has not already been licensed, or any person own-
ing or keeping a dog which became six months old at any time
after the first day of July of any year, shall forthwith apply
for and secure a license for such dog in the same manner as
the annual license is obtained under the provisions of this
Act.

The County Commissioners of the several counties are au-
thorized to provide for the employment of special officers or
constables whose duty it shall be to enforce the payment of the
dog license fees or taxes provided in this Act, and the said
Commissioners are authorized to pay such special officers out
of the moneys arising from the said dog license or taxes in the
respective counties.

These Constables of the several counties may also receive
and receipt for necessary blanks and tags, may issue such dog
licenses and tags in like manner as prescribed for the issuance
of licenses by a County Treasurer or a Justice of the Peace.
Every constable shall at the end of each month report to the
County Treasurer or Clerk to the County Commissioners in
counties having no Treasurer the number and character of li-
censes issued and remit all moneys received for these licenses.
Also every constable shall deliver the book or books from
which he issued license, together with the stubs therein, prop-
erly filled out and showing the name and the number of the
license issued to him to the County Treasurer, or Clerk to the