THEODORE R. McKELDIN, GOVERNOR                     867

to catch a dog running at large without a license tag as above set
forth, they are hereby authorized, empowered, and directed to shoot
or otherwise kill said dog.

221F. All dogs seized and impounded under Section 221E shall be
held for the owner thereof for a period of seventy-two (72) hours.
During said period any dog seized under the provisions of Section
221E shall be released unto the owner, or his duly authorized repre-
sentative, upon satisfactory proof of ownership, tender of a fee, in
such amount as the County Commissioners in their discretion shall
determine, for the costs of seizure and impounding, and upon pre-
sentation of the license for said dog as prescribed in Section 220.

221G. Any owner not redeeming his dog within seventy-two (72)
hours, under the provisions of Section 221F, shall be deemed to have
forfeited all rights of ownership and the dog shall be deemed the
property of Queen Anne's County. Said dog shall remain impounded
for additional forty-eight (US) hours, during which time any person
so desiring, may obtain ownership of said dog by tendering the fee
for the costs of seizure and impounding and by purchasing a license
as required by Section 220.

221H. Any dog seized as aforesaid and not redeemed within one
hundred and twenty (120) hours from time of seizure, shall be killed
by the Dog Warden or one of his duly authorized deputies in the most
humane manner possible.

221-1. All funds derived from the issuance of licenses as aforesaid
and all funds received in the form of fees for seizure and impounding
of dogs as aforesaid shall be turned over to the County Treasurer not
less than once each month and shall become a part of the general
funds of said County.

221J. Whenever the County Commissioners of Queen Anne's
County are of the opinion that the health, welfare and safety of the
citizens of Queen Anne's County require, said County Commissioners
may by resolution provide for quarantine of all dogs, and they may
make such further rules and regulations concerning dogs as they may
deem necessary.

221K. The County Commissioners of Queen Anne's County shall
have the power in their discretion to make from time to time all neces-
sary rules and regulations for the sale of dog licenses, the keeping of
records of such licenses, and the convenient and effective enforcement
of the provisions of this sub-title.

221L. Any person violating or refusing to comply with any of the
provisions of this sub-title or any rules or regulations passed in pur-
suance thereof, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction
thereof before any Trial Magistrate of the County, or in the Circuit
Court of Queen Anne's County shall be fined a sum of not less than
Five Dollars ($5.00) nor more than Fifty Dollars ($50.00) or shall be
imprisoned in the county jail for not more than sixty (60) days, or
shall be both fined and imprisoned in the discretion of the Court. It
shall be the duty of the State's Attorney, the Dog Warden, and his
deputies to prosecute all persons found violating the law by refusing
to comply with its provisions.