688 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 620

counsel or advise the breaking open of any enclosure, pound
or shelter or any other building wherein animals are im-
pounded under authority of this Act.

(Refusing to Exhibit License Certificate. ) For the owner
of any dog claimed by him to be licensed to refuse to exhibit
the license certificate for the inspection of the Warden when
demanded by him.

(Fraudulent Effort to Gain Title. ) For any such person
through any fraudulent act to deliver to a Warden or a public
pound a dog without license tag for the purpose of gaining
title to the same.

256S. (Application of Act; ^on-Liability and Saving Clause. )
This Act shall not apply to a dog owned by a non-resident while
passing through the County, nor to dogs brought into the
County for a period not exceeding fifteen consecutive days, if
brought in for the purpose of breeding, dog show or field trials,
provided such dogs are duly licensed in their home city, county
or State, and are wearing their license tags or are confined in
the immediate charge of the owner or Ms agent.

This Act shall not apply to dogs actually confined x to the
premises of incorporated societies devoted to the care or hos-
pital treatment of lost, strayed or homeless animals, or con-
fined to the premises of public or private hospitals devoted. to
the treatment of sick animals or to a dog being owned by a non-
resident of the County and confined temporarily at a licensed
boarding kennel. Excepting in cases where their acts are in
contravention of other sections of this Act, enforcement officers
exercising due diligence shall not be held responsible for failure
to extend the immunity from local licensing accorded to dogs
covered by this section.

256T. (Board of County Commissioners Power to Make
Regulations and to Delegate Authority. ) The Board of County
Commissioners of Anne Arundel County shall have the power
to make, from time to time, in their discretion, all necessary
rules, regulations, and provisions for the sale of licenses, the
keeping of records and the convenient and effective enforce-
ment of this Act with power to delegate by written contract
such enforcement and administration of its various provisions
provided, however, that in any such contract it reserves the
right to cancel, without previous notice or recourse, such dele-
gation for stated cause or on thirty days' notice without cause.

The Board of County Commissioners of Anne Arundel Coun-
ty shall have the right, in their discretion, to suspend the oper-
ation and enforcement of this Act, in the event the General
Assembly of Maryland enacts a similar public general law at
its 1945 Session.