1210                             LAWS OF MARYLAND                        [CH. 709

(k) (failure to Keep Records of Kennel or of Pet Shop Sales.)
for the owner or operator of a kennel or pet shop to fail to keep a
substantially complete record of all dogs kept at a kennel or pet shop
and of essential data concerning sales or other disposition of dogs
delivered from kennels or such shops.

(l) (Denial of Identity or of Ownership.) for any person to deny
his identity to a Warden or other enforcement agent in order to escape
service of a summons or warrant of arrest or of replevin for a dog.

(m) (Unlawful Removal of Tag.) for any person, except the
owner or custodian, to remove a legally acquired license tag from a
dog, excepting in case of distress or injury requiring the temporary
removal of the collar or harness.

(n) (Illegal Harboring.) for any person to remove, or without
the authorization of the owner or keeper to hold or harbor a dog of
another for more than forty-eight hours after such dog comes into
his possession without reporting such holding or harboring to the
police authorities or Warden of his district.

(o) (Injuring and Abandoning.) for any person in any manner
to injure a dog and, from the circumstances reasonably presumed
to be aware of such injury, to fail to stop and give all aid possible
under the circumstances.

(p) (Abandoning or Dropping Dogs.) for any person to abandon
or leave without adequate provision for water, food or shelter or to
drop along the highway or on another person's property a dog or
puppies.

(q) (Causing Destruction, Damage or Injury to Public Property.)
for an owner or keeper of a dog to permit it to destroy, damage or
injure any shrubbery, plants, flowers, grass, lawn, terrace or any
other valuable thing in any public places, grounds, parks or ceme-
teries.

(r) (Resisting an Officer.) for any person to resist, hinder, or
molest the police officer or Warden or his authorized assistant while
engaged in the discharge of any duty enjoined upon him or them by
any of the provisions of this sub-title.

(s) (Breaking Open Pound or Shelter.) for any person to break
open or in any manner directly or indirectly to aid, counsel or
advise the breaking open of any enclosure, pound or shelter or any
other building wherein animals are impounded under authority of this
sub-title.

(t) (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.

(u) (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.

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