444 LAWS OF MARYLAND. CH. 283

amount collected for dog licenses in the said county or elec-
tion district involved in the contract less the district's pro-
rated expense of the County Treasurer's office for the purchase
of license certificates, tags, census books and printed matter.

256E. License Certificate. The County Commissioners, not
later than November 1st each year, shall furnish the County
Treasurer with a supply of license certificates together with
corresponding metal tags, dog census books, affidavit forms,
etc., in sufficient quantity to cover all requirements for the
following year.

Certificates shall be serially numbered in books of 100 each
with duplicate stubs both of which shall provide spaces in
which shall be recorded the following data:

Election district, full name of owner, home address with
street and house number, or rural route and box number, name
of dog, sex, breed, age, color and markings.

Certificates shall be kept by the owner for exhibit to the
Warden or his agents on demand and any alteration of the
entries on the same is subject to penalty as hereinafter
provided.

Individual license certificates and their accompanying tags
attach to the dog for which issued, and unless surrendered
to the County Treasurer, pass with the dog upon its change of
ownership but in order to constitute an official record of such
new ownership, the original certificate and its accompanying
tag must be surrendered to the County Treasurer for issuance
of a duplicate license and tag at a cost of Twenty-five Cents
(25); the surrendered certificate and tag being attached to
the stub of the new certificate and the new certificate and its
stub being marked "Change of Ownership".

In case of loss of a license tag, the owner thereof may pro-
cure a duplicate license for use during the balance of the year
by surrender of the old certificate and the payment of Twenty-
five Cents (25#).

The books of certificate stubs retained by the Treasurer
shall be accepted as prima facie evidence of ownership pro-
vided the description of the dog licensed is given in sufficient
detail to make identification reasonably certain; and it shall
be unlawful and shall constitute presumptive evidence of
fraudulent intent for any person to take out a license for a
dog in any other name than that of its owner.

256K. Owner's Liability for Damage to Person or Property.
If any dogs shall do any damage to either the body, clothing
or other property of any person, the owner or keeper, or if the
owner or keeper be a minor, the parents or guardian of such
minor, shall be liable for such damages, unless such damage
shall have been occasioned to the body or clothing of a person