HERBERT R. O'CONOR, GOVERNOR. 679

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
(25c); the surrender 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 tag1, 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 Twen-
ty-five cents (25c).

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

256F. (License Tags. ) The County Commissioners shall
prescribe and furnish annually to the County Treasurer to ac-
company the license certificates metal tags to be issued as
herein provided. Such tags shall be of different shape each year,
not over one-inch in size and on one side shall bear the name
of the County, number of the corresponding certificate, the
words, "Dog License", and the year of issue underneath.

Only one tag shall be issued for one individual or one kennel
license and no tag shall ever be transferred from one dog to
another dog or from one kennel to another kennel. Should any
lost tag for which a duplicate has been issued, as herein pro-
vided, be found, it shall be unlawful and constitute a misde-
meanor for the original owner, finder or any other person to
use such tag on any dog and punishable as hereinafter pro-
vided. Any person falsely making declaration in order to se-
cure a duplicate tag at reduced price and thus to defraud the
County shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction
before a Justice of the Peace of Anne Arundel County shall be
fined a sum not to exceed Fifty Dollars ($50. 00).

Excepting as provided under Section 256B paragraph (b),
governing kennel licenses no dog shall be permitted to be at
large without wearing a collar or harness with its individual
license tag attached thereto and it shall constitute a misde-
meanor for any person, except the owner of a dog or his duly
authorized agent, to remove such tag from a dog unless such
removal be necessary because of accident or injury to the dog,
and punishable as hereinafter provided.

256G. (Seizure and Disposition of Unlicensed or Untag-
ged Dog. ) A peace officer or Warden or other duly authorized