458                               LAWS OF MARYLAND                        [CH. 291

8.

(40). for purposes of county taxation in Wicomico County only,
livestock not being held for a longer period than six months, com-
monly known as "feeder" stock.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take effect
June 1, 1955.

Approved April 11, 1955.

CHAPTER 291
(Senate Bill 369)

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Section 206 of
Article 56 of the Annotated Code of Maryland (1954 Supple-
ment) , title "Licenses", sub-title "Dog Licenses in the Counties",
relating to the authority of the Sheriff and deputy sheriff of the
various counties FREDERICK COUNTY to appoint appraisers to
appraise the damages caused by dogs to livestock.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That Section 206 of Article 56 of the Annotated Code of Maryland
(1954 Supplement), title "Licenses", sub-title "Dog Licenses in the
Counties", be and it is hereby repealed and re-enacted, with amend-
ments, and to read as follows:

206.

When any inhabitant of any county shall have any sheep, poultry
or livestock destroyed or injured by a dog or dogs, he may apply to
any trial magistrate of said county,

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who shall appoint three disinterested persons as appraisers
to view and appraise the damages by him sustained, at least one
of said appraisers shall be a deputy sheriff of said county and they,
under oath, shall state in writing to the county commissioners of
said county, the number of sheep, poultry, or livestock killed, the
character and extent of the injury, if any done, and the amount of
the damages, upon which they shall all agree, sustained by the
owner; and both the appraisers and the owner of the sheep, poultry
or livestock shall make oath that they believe the same to have been
destroyed or injured by a dog or dogs; and when the report of such
proceedings has been filed, the county commissioners of said county
shall review said report, and if in their judgment the amount of
damages stated is unfair, they shall award such amount as they may
deem fair; which award shall be paid out of the fund hereby cre-
ated; provided, however, that the said sworn report of the appraiser
shall be deemed prima facie evidence of the fairness of the award
of damages in each instance; and provided, further, that the county
commissioners shall not change such an award unless they shall

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Strike out indicates matter stricken out of bill.