562 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 319

CHAPTER 319.

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact with amendments Section 197
of Article 16 of the Code of Public Local Laws, of Maryland,,
title "Montgomery, " sub-title "Dogs, " as enacted by Chap-
ter 264 of the Acts of the General Assembly of Maryland.

1922, and to repeal Section 198 of the said Article a&
enacted by Chapter 264 of the Laws of the General As-
sembly of Maryland of 1922, and to add two new sections
to said article to follow after Section 197 thereof and to-
be designated as Sections 197-A and 197-B, the purpose of
such amendments being to provide further procedure ill
connection with claims for damages for fowls or animals
destroyed or injured by dogs, to authorize and empower
the County Health Officer of Montgomery County to take
possession of and order the confinement of dogs which have
been bitten, and to provide for the methods of enforcing,
the provisions of said act.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of
Maryland, That Section 197 of Article 16 of the Code of
Public Local Laws of Maryland, title "Montgomery County, "'
sub-title "Dogs, " as enacted by Chapter 264 of the Acts of
the General Assembly of Maryland of 1922, be and the same
is hereby repealed and re-enacted so as to read as follows:

Section 197. Be it enacted, That when any resident of
Montgomery County, shall have any domestic fowls or ani-
mals belonging to him, destroyed 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 ma-
jority of them, shall, under oath, state in writing to the Coun-
ty Commissioners the number 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 man-
ner they shall give a general description of both the destroyed
and injured fowl or animals, and both the appraisers and the
owners 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 Commis-
sioners shall review said report and if in their judgment the