702 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 387

District with blank receipts in printed form, which when
filled up, shall contain the name of the owner of said dog,
his post office address, as well as the name of the dog,
sex, breed and color, with the number and the date of its
tag, and the amount of tax collected, and the County Com-
missioners shall also provide the collectors of dog tax with
blank reports in printed form to be furnished by the County
Commissioners containing the facts required above to be given
in the receipt from the collectors of dog tax to the owner
upon the payment of the annual tax aforesaid, all of which
shall be made returnable in the monthly report to be rendered
each month to the County Commissioners. The said Clerk
to the County Commissioners shall safely keep the reports
and enter the facts required above, regularly in a book to
be kept for that purpose in the office and under the super-
vision of the County Commissioners, and said Clerk shall
receive and keep accurate account of all funds received from
the collection of said taxes and paid over to the County Com-
missioners as required under the provisions of this Act, and
to deposit the license fee together with all fines collected
to the credit of the fund to be called "The Dog Fund of Prince
George's County. "

SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That, any owner or
owners of a dog or keepers of kennels shall be required to
make application for a license and tag and shall pay over the
sum required to the collector of dog tax in the District in
which he resides, and no tax shall be collected, and no tags
issued other than by the person designated by the County Com-
missioners to collect the tax in the District in which he is so
designated. And it shall be the duty of the collectors of dog
tax upon the payment of the tax, and in compliance with the
requirements hereinbefore specified, to give the owner of the
dog or the owner of a kennel, a receipt in form hereinbefore
described, and also a tag as hereinbefore mentioned as required
to be worn around the neck of the dog or dogs so licensed.

SEC. 4. And be it further enacted, That, if any person or
persons directly or indirectly fail or refuse to procure a tag
for any dog owned by him, her or them, or for any dog in the
possession of, or over which said person may have the care or
custody, on or before the first day of September in each year,
said person shall upon conviction thereof, be fined not more than
twenty-five dollars ($25) and costs of the prosecution, and shall