1392 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 666

known as Sections 183D to 183H, inclusive, and to follow
immediately after Section 183A of said Article, as said sec-
tion was enacted by Chapter 410 of the Acts of 1931, re-
lating to dog licenses and dogs in Baltimore County.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-
land, That seven new sections be and they are hereby added to
Article 3 of the Code of Public Local Laws of Maryland (1930
Edition), title "Baltimore County", sub-title "Dogs", said new
sections to be known as Sections 183B to 183H, inclusive, to
follow immediately after Section 183A of said Article, as said
section was enacted by Chapter 410 of the Acts of 1931, and
to read as follows:

183B. On or before the first day of July of each year, the
owner of any dog, six months old or over, shall apply either
orally or in writing, to the County Treasurer of Baltimore
County or to a Justice of the Peace of any district in the
county for a license for each such dog owned or kept by him,
and such application shall be accompanied 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 unspayed female dog, and pro-
vided 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 keeping more than twenty-
five dogs. 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.

183C. The County Commissioners of Baltimore County
shall prepare and furnish annually to the County Treasurer
and to the Justices of the Peace of the county metal tags to be
given the owners of dogs when such owners shall pay the
license fee for said dogs. Such tags shall be metal, and shall
have serial number corresponding with the number on the
license issued to said owner, as provided in the preceding
section. Such tags shall also have impressed thereon the