710 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 226

may issue such dog licenses and tags in like manner as pre-
scribed for the issuance of licenses by the County Treasurer.
When a license is issued by the Justice of the Peace, the said
Justice of the Peace, may retain as his fee for the issuance of
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 showing
the name of each licensee and the number of the license issued
to him to the County Treasurer or Clerk to the County Com-
missioners 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 owning
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
sub-title.

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 sub-title, 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 Com-
missioners in counties having no Treasurer the number and
character of licenses 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, properly filled out and showing the name and the