THEODORE R. McKELDIN, GOVERNOR                     601

ship but in order to constitute an official record of such new owner-
ship, the original certificate and its accompanying tag must be sur-
rendered to the Dog License Commission for issuance of a duplicate
license and tag at a cost of twenty-five cents (25c); the surrendered
certificate and its stub being marked "Change of Ownership".

In case of loss of a license tag, the owner thereof may procure a
duplicate license for use during the balance of the year by surrender
of the old certificate and the payment of twenty-five cents (25c).

The books of certificate stubs retained by the Commission shall be
accepted as prima facie evidence of ownership provided the descrip-
tion of the dog licensed is accurately given and it shall be unlawful
for any person to take out a license for a dog in any other name than
that of its owner and upon conviction shall be subject to some penalty
as set forth in Section 198 of this Act.

200A. (License Tags.) Dog license tags shall be of different shape
each year, not over one inch in size and on one side shall bear the
name of the County, number of the corresponding certificate, the
words "Dog License", and the year of issue underneath.

Only one tag shall be issued for each dog or one kennel license and
no tag shall ever be transferred from one dog to another dog or from
kennel to another kennel. Should any lost tag for which a duplicate
has been issued, as herein provided, be found, it shall be unlawful and
constitute a misdemeanor for the original owner, finder or any other
person to use such tag on any dog and punishable as hereinafter pro-
vided. Any person falsely making declaration in order to secure a
duplicate tag at reduced price and thus to defraud the Dog License
Commission shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction
before a trial magistrate of Baltimore County or the Circuit Court
of Baltimore County shall be subject to a minimum fine of not less
than ten dollars ($10.00), not more than fifty dollars ($50.00) or
shall be imprisoned in the County Jail for not more than thirty days
or both fined and imprisoned upon the conviction of the trial magis-
trate or Circuit Court of Baltimore County.

Excepting as provided under Section 197, governing kennel li-
censes, no dog shall be permitted to be at large without wearing a
collar or harness with its individual license tag attached thereto,
EXCEPT HUNTING DOGS WHILE THEY ARE BEING
TRAINED OR ARE BEING USED IN HUNTING, and it shall
constitute a misdemeanor for any person, except the owner of a dog
or his duly authorized agent, to remove such tag from a dog unless
such removal be necessary because of accident or injury to the dog
OR ARE BEING TRAINED OR USED IN HUNTING AS ABOVE
SET FORTH. Any person violating the provision of this section shall
be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction before a trial magis-
trate of Baltimore County or the Circuit Court of Baltimore County
shall be subject to a minimum fine of not less than Five Dollars
($5.00), not more than twenty-five dollars ($25.00), or shall be
imprisoned in the County Jail for not more than thirty days or both
fined and imprisoned in the discretion of the trial magistrate or
Circuit Court of Baltimore County.

200B. (Seizure and Disposition of Unlicensed or Untagged Dogs.)
A Warden or other duly authorized officer whenever circumstances,