168                              Laws of Maryland                       [Ch. 136

enacted by Chapter 522 of the Acts of 1955 and to enact new
Sections 220 to 221L, inclusive, to stand in the place and stead of
the sections so repealed, relating to dogs in Queen Anne's County
and to the licensing and regulation thereof and repealing certain
conflicting sections of Article 56 of the Annotated Code.

Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That Sections 220 to 221L, inclusive, of Article 18 of the Code of
Public Local Laws of Maryland (1930 Edition), title "Queen Anne's
County", sub-title "Dogs", as said sections were enacted by Chapter
522 of the Acts of 1955 be and they are hereby repealed and that
new Sections 220 to 221L, inclusive, be and they are hereby enacted
to stand in the place and stead of the sections so repealed, and all
to read as follows:

220.   On or before the first day of July, 1955, and on or before
the first day of July of each year thereafter, any person owning
or keeping any dog in Queen Anne's County six (6) months old
or over, shall apply either orally or in writing, to the County Treas-
urer of Queen Anne's County or to the Dog Warden or his Deputy
for a license for each such dog owned or kept by him. Such appli-
cation shall be accompanied by a fee of One Dollar ($1.00) for
each male dog or each spayed female dog, and a fee of Two Dollars
($2.00) for each unspayed female dog, and provided that a kennel
license shall be issued for Ten Dollars ($10.00) to persons owning
or keeping not in excess of twenty-five (25) dogs and that a kennel
license fee of Twenty Dollars ($20.00) shall be issued to persons
owning or keeping more than twenty-five (25) dogs. The said license
or fee shall be the only license or tax required for the ownership or
keeping of said dog or dogs. Such license shall be issued on a form
prepared and supplied by the County Commissioners. Such license
shall be dated and numbered and shall contain a description of the
dog. All licenses shall be void upon the first day of July of the
following year. The County Commissioners shall also furnish, and
the County Treasurer, or the Dog Warden or his Deputy issuing
the license, shall issue, with each license, a metal tag. Such tag
shall be affixed to a substantial collar. The collar shall be furnished
by the owner, and with the tag attached shall at all times be kept
on the dog for which the license is issued, except when confined in
the kennel or when hunting in the charge of an attendant.

221.  The County Commissioners shall prepare and furnish annually
to the County Treasurer, and to the Dog Warden and his Deputy,
metal tags to be given the owners or keepers of dogs when such
owners or keepers shall have paid the license fee for said dogs.
Such tags shall be of metal, and shall have a serial number corre-
sponding with the number on the license issued to said owner or
keeper, as provided for in Section 220. Such tags shall also have
impressed thereon the year for which such tag is issued, and shall not
be more than two (2) inches in length, and shall be equipped with a
substantial metal fastening device. The general shape of said tag
shall be changed from year to year, and the tags furnished the
owners of kennels shall have the word ^(lKennel" thereon. If any
such tag is lost it shall be replaced by the County Treasurer, or
Dog Warden or his Deputy, upon application by the person to whom
the original license was issued, upon the production of said license
and payment of a fee of twenty-five cents.