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of any dog, six months old or over, shall apply either orally or
in writing, to the County Treasurer of Frederick County 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 ap-
plication 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 ($2. 00) for each unspayed female dog, and pro-
vided that a kennel license shall be issued for fifteen dollars
($15. 00) to persons owning or keeping not in excess of twenty-
five dogs and that a kennel license fee of twenty-five dollars
($25. 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 descrip-
tion of the dog licensed. All licenses shall be void upon
the first day of July of the following year. The County Com-
missioners 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.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take
effect June 1, 1939.

Approved May 3, 1939.

CHAPTER 176.
(House Bill 442)

AN ACT to add two new sections to Article 22 of the Code of
Public Local Laws of Maryland (1930 Edition), title "Wash-
ington County", sub-title "Hagerstown", sub-heading "Pub-
lic Health Association", said new sections to be known as
Sections 408A and 408B, and to follow immediately after
Section 408 of said Article, authorizing the Mayor and
Council of Hagerstown to enter into an agreement to con-
tribute a sum of money annually towards the maintenance
of the Dental Division of the Washington County Public
Health Association, Incorporated, and to levy and collect
sufficient money to meet any obligations incurred as afore-
said.