HERBERT R. O'CONOR, GOVERNOR. 1393

calendar year for which such tag is issued, and shall not be
more than one inch in length, and shall be equipped with a
substantial metal fastening device. The general shape of
said tag shall be changed from year to year, and the tags
furnished owners of kennels shall have the word "kennel"
thereon. If any such tag is lost it shall be replaced by the
County Treasurer, or Justice of the Peace, upon application
by the person to whom the original license was issued, upon
production of such license and payment of a fee of twenty-five
cents.

183D. Any Justice of the Peace of the county, after having
received and receipted for necessary blanks and tags, may issue
such dog licenses and tags in like manner as prescribed 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 therefor, to the
County 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, except 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 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 are authorized 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 said county.

These constables may also receive and receipt for neces-
sary 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
the number and character of licenses issued and remit all