598                               LAWS OF MARYLAND                        [CH. 347

(b)  "Owner" shall be intended to mean any person or persons, firm,
association or corporation owning, keeping or harboring a dog.

(c)  "At Large" shall be intended to mean off the premises of the
owner, and not under the control of the owner or a member of Ms
immediate family either by leash, cord, chain or otherwise.

(d)  The words "person" or "owner" includes individuals, copart-
nerships, associations and corporations; the singular includes the
plural; and the masculine, the feminine and neuter.

(e)   The word "livestock" includes only horses and other draft
animals, cattle, sheep, goats, swine and enclosed domestic rabbits
and hares.

(f)  The word "Poultry" includes domestic fowl only.

(g)  The word "Kennel" means an enclosure wherein dogs are kept
and from which they cannot escape.

(h) The words "peace officer" means any official either elective,
appointive or ex-officio in a district or community having by virtue
of his office authority under existing law to make an arrest.

(i) The word "warden", where used in this Act, shall refer to Dog
Warden or society authorized and empowered to act in such capacity.

(j) The words "keeping" or "harboring" mean the act or suffer-
ance either of feeding or sheltering a dog on the premises of the
occupant or owner thereof.

(k) The word "country" means a woodland or farming district in
rural parts beyond the limits of a community or settlement.

(I) The words "dogs living in a wild state" mean dogs that roam
the woods and fields, prey on animals for food and have no domesti-
cated home.

197. (Licensing of Dogs.) It shall be unlawful for any person to
own or harbor a dog unless licensed as provided in this sub-title.
Licenses shall not be required for dogs under the age of four months
which are not at large. The license period shall run for the calendar
year; namely from, January 1st to December 31st, inclusive, and the
license fee, which shall be the only license or tax on dogs in the County
and which is payable at the Office of the Dog License Commission, or
at such other places as may be designated by the Dog License Com-
mission, shall be regulated and determined and, if paid when due and
payable, shall be as follows:

Every person owning or harboring a dog within Baltimore County
shall apply either orally or in writing to the Dog License Commission,
or such agents as are fully authorized and advertised by the Dog
License Commission to sell and to enforce this licensing Act, for a
license certificate and tag for each such dog owned or harbored by
him, excepting dogs kept under a kennel license as provided for in
the following sub-sections, and such application shall state the name,
sex, breed, age, color and markings of each such dog and be accom-
panied by a fee of tivo dollars ($2.00) for each male or successfully
spayed female, and a fee of five dollars ($5.00) FOUR DOLLARS
($4.00) for each unspayed female whose license tag shall be stamped
with the letter "F" before the tag number.