710 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 390

CHAPTER 390.

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact with amendments Section 206
of Article 81 of the Annotated Code of Maryland (1924
Edition), title "Revenue and Taxes, " sub-title "Taxation
of Dogs, " increasing dog license fees in Talbot County.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of
Maryland, That Section 206 of Article 81 of the Annotated
Code of Maryland (1924 Edition), title "Revenue and Taxes, "
sub-title "Taxation of Dogs, " be and it is hereby repealed and
re-enacted with amendments to read as follows:

206. On or before the first day of July, 1918, and on or
before the first day of July of each year thereafter, the
owner of any dog, six months old or over, shall apply either
orally or in writing, to the County Treasurer or Clerk to the
County Commissioners in Counties having no Treasurer of the
county in which he or she resides or to a Justice of the Peace
of any district in said county for a license for each such dog
owned or kept by him, and such application shall be accom-
panied by a fee of one dollar ($1. 00) for each male dog or each
spayed female dog, and a fee of two dollars for each un-
spayed female dog, and provided that a kennel license shall
be issued for ten dollars ($10. 00) to persons owning or keeping
not in excess of twenty-five dogs and that a kennel license fee
of twenty dollars ($20. 00) shall be issued to persons keep-
ing more than twenty-five dogs. Provided, further, that in
Talbot County the fee for a male! dog or a spayed female dog
shall be $1. 50, and the fee for an unspayed female dog shall be
$3. 00. The said license or fee shall be the only license or tax
required for the ownership or keeping of said dog or dogs.
Such license shall be issued on a form prepared and supplied
by the county commissioners. Such license shall be dated
and numbered, and shall contain a description of the dog
licensed. All licenses shall be void upon the first day of July
of the following year. The county commissioners shall also
furnish, and the county treasurer, or Justice of the Peace,
issuing the license, shall issue, with each license, a metal tag.
Such tag shall be affixed to a substantial collar. The collar
shall be furnished by the owner, and with the tag attached shall
at all times be kept on the dog for which the license is issued,
except when confined in the kennel or when hunting in charge
of an attendant.