674 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 620

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SECTION 1. Ee it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-
land, That Sections 256 to 256U, inclusive, of Article 2 of the
Code of Public Local Laws of "Maryland (1930 Edition), title
"Anne Arundel County", sub-title "Dogs", as said sections
were enacted by Chapter 255 of the Acts of 1937, and as said
sections were amended by Chapter 283 of the Acts of 1941, be
and they are hereby repealed and that 22 new sections to be
known as Sections 256 to 256U, inclusive, be and they are here-
by enacted in lieu thereof, to read as follows:

256. For the purpose of this sub-title, and unless otherwise
required by the context:

(a) the words "person" or "owner" includes individuals, co-
partnerships, associations and corporations; the singular in-
cludes the plural; and the masculine, the feminine and neuter.

(b) The word "livestock" includes only horses and other
draft animals, cattle, sheep, goats, swine, and enclosed do-
mestic rabbits and hares.

(c) The word "poultry" includes domestic fowl only.

(d) the words "owner" and "own" include any person having
a right of property in a dog, and any person who keeps or
harbors a dog or has it in his care or acts as custodian or
permits it to remain on or about any premises occupied or
controlled by him for more than two weeks.

(e) The word "kennel" means an enclosure wherein dogs
are kept and from which they cannot escape.

(f) The words "peace officer" means any official either elec-
tive, appointive or ex-officio in a district or community having
by virtue of his office authority under existing law to make
an arrest.

(g) The word "warden", where used in this Act, shall refer
to Dog Warden or society authorized and empowered to act in
such capacity.

(h) The words "keeping" or "harboring" mean the act or
sufferance either of feeding or sheltering a dog on the premises
of the occupant or owner thereof.

(i) The word "country" means a woodland or farming dis-
trict in rural parts beyond the limits of a community or settle-
ment.

(j) The words "dogs living in a wild state" mean dogs that
roam the woods and fields, prey on animals for food and have
no domesticated home.

(k) The words "running at large" mean not under the imme-
diate control while off the premises of its owner.

256A. (Creation of a Department for the Supervision and
Licensing of Dogs, and Authority to Appoint Dog Wardens. )
The Board of County Commissioners of Anne Arundel County