THEODORE R. McKELDIN, GOVERNOR                    459

have personal knowledge of its unfairness, or shall receive com-
petent testimony to the effect that the award is in excess of a fair
commercial valuation of the sheep, poultry or livestock injured or
destroyed by dogs. And if the owner of the dog or dogs doing the
damage be known, it shall be the duty of the county commissioners
to notify such owner or owners to kill said dog or dogs immedi-
ately. If such dog or dogs be killed by the owner, after notice as
aforesaid, he shall be exempt from all further liability, but in case
the said owner or owners shall refuse or neglect to kill said dog or
dogs upon notice as aforesaid, the said owner or owners shall be
liable to the county commissioners for said damages to the same
extent as he would be liable in case of negligence or malicious
destruction of property, and the said county commissioners may in
their discretion have the special officers or constables to kill said
dog, or dogs. In Montgomery County, however, the county council
in lieu of notifying the owner or owners to kill such dog or dogs
may require such owner or owners to execute and file with the clerk
of the county council a bond in such amount and upon such terms
as it shall determine to indemnify the county council for any such
damage as said dog or dogs shall have done, but in case the said
owner or owners should refuse or neglect to execute and post such
bond the said county council may, in its discretion, provide for the
humane destruction of said dog or dogs. In Washington County no
payments shall be made under this section unless the occurrence is
reported to the justice of the peace, in order to have appraisers
appointed, within 48 hours of the damage complained of, and unless
such appraisers file their report with the county commissioners of
Washington County within 15 days after their appointment. IN
FREDERICK COUNTY, THE APPRAISERS TO BE APPOINTED
AS PROVIDED BY THIS SECTION MAY ALSO BE APPOINTED
BY THE SHERIFF, OR ANY DEPUTY SHERIFF, OF SAID
COUNTY.

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

Approved April 11, 1955.

CHAPTER 292
(Senate Bill 381 )

AN ACT to add a new section to Article 2B of the Annotated Code
of Maryland (1951 Edition and 1954 Supplement), title "Alcoholic
Beverages", said new section to be known as Section 23A, to follow
immediately after Section 23 thereof, and to be under the sub-title
"Beer, Wine and Liquor Licenses"; to repeal and re-enact, with
amendments, Sections 26, 38(b), 51(a), 52, 108, 110 and 129 of
said Article, sub-title "General Provisions on Issue of Licenses",
creating a Class G (On Sale) license for the sale of alcoholic bev-

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CAPITALS indicate amendments to bill.
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