HERBERT R. O'CONOR, GOVERNOR. 443

issued by the County Treasurer for his district and after
giving ten days' notice to a delinquent, either orally or by
leaving a printed or written notice in his mail box or at his
residence or by mailing such notice to his last-known address,
to get his license, he shall sue out and serve warrants as pro-
vided in Section 256C of this Act for delinquents; and from
each fine assessed, after conviction secured by him, he shall be
paid one-half of the fine imposed, but in no case not less than
the sum of Two Dollars ($2. 00) out of the Fines Fund as com-
pensation for his services in connection therewith.

It shall be the duty of the duly appointed Warden dili-
gently to seek out, pursue and destroy in as humane manner
as possible all unlicensed dogs known to be living in a wild
state in the county of his district, to collect all dead dogs
found on the public grounds or highways of his district and
either to bury or otherwise effectually to dispose of all such
carcasses; and at the end of each month upon presentation to
the County Treasurer of an affidavit, the blank form to be
furnished by the County Treasurer, setting forth a descrip-
tion of each dog so destroyed or collected stating when, where,
why, and how each dog was apprehended, destroyed, collected,
and disposed of, together with both full ears from each car-
cass, he shall be paid out of the Bounty Fund of the district
affected a bounty of Two Dollars ($2. 00) for each dog so
handled.

Any Warden who shall fraudulently present evidence of
destruction of dogs or carcasses for the purpose of collecting
the bounty therefor shall be guilty of a crime which upon
conviction shall be punished by a fine not to exceed the sum
of Two Hundred Dollars ($200. 00), or shall be imprisoned
in the County Jail for not less than three months or shall be
both fined and imprisoned in the discretion of the Court.

The payments of the foregoing commission and bounties
herein authorized shall constitute a first lien on the dog fund
of the district affected.

Provided, however, that the Board of County Commissioners
in lieu of the establishment and maintenance of pounds and
the appointment of Wardens as herein provided may contract
with any incorporated Society for the Prevention of Cruelty
to Animals or similar incorporated dog protective association
operating in one or more election districts to act as Warden
for the enforcement of the licensing Act and for the mainte-
nance of a shelter, the seizure and impounding of all untagged,
unlicensed, lost, strayed, homeless or wild dogs, and for the
destruction or other disposition of wild or seized dogs not
redeemed as hereinafter provided in this Act; provided, how-
ever, that the compensation to be paid by the county to such
Society or association shall not exceed in any one year the