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provide for sale of dog licenses in said county, the keeping of
records of all sales, the designation of persons authorized to sell such
licenses, and taking into custody and disposition of any dogs found
running at large within the limits of Worcester County with power
to delegate by written contract for the enforcement of such rules,
regulations or resolutions, provided, however, that in any such con-
tract, said County Commissioners shall reserve the right to cancel,
without notice or recourse, such delegation for stated cause or on
thirty days notice without cause. Before the County Commissioners
shall proceed to enforce any rule, regulation or resolution passed in
pursuance of the provisions of this section, advertisement of such
rule, regulation or resolution shall be made in some newspaper
published in Worcester County once each week for four successive
weeks in order to provide any person, firm or corporation adversely
affected thereby an opportunity to be heard by the County Commis-
sioners in Opposition to the adoption of such rule, regulation or resolu-
tion. Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection 195 of this ar-
ticle, said County Commissioners may in their discretion use all
or any part of the dog license tax for the establishment of a pound,
and for the collection or destruction of said dogs. The County Com-
missioners shall further be authorized and empowered, hereby, to
appoint dog wardens and to provide the compensation therefor,
who shall have all the powers of a peace officer, who may sell and
issue dog licenses, and take into custody and dispose of stray, in-
jured, unlicensed, diseased or vicious dogs in accordance with rules,
regulations; or resolutions of the County Commissioners and pur-
suant to this section. Said County Commissioners are further au-
thorized and empowered to provide a dog pound for Worcester County
wherein dogs seized by dog wardens may be placed or, in the discre-
tion of the Commissioners, to enter into agreements with adjacent
counties for the establishment of a dog pound to serve all of such
counties. Said Commissioners are further authorized to pay any
expenses arising from the operation of this subsection. Provided,
however, that this subsection shall not be operative or effective within
the corporate limits of any incorporated town or city within Wor-
cester County unless and until the governing body thereof shall
indicate by resolution its intention to be governed by the provisions
of this section.

This subsection (j) shall also apply fully in Caroline County and
to the County Commissioners thereof, and for this purpose every
reference to Worcester County in this subsection shall be deemed
a reference to Caroline County.

Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take effect
June 1, 1966.

Approved May 6, 1966.

CHAPTER 748
(House Bill 1197)

AN ACT to add a new Section 14A to the Code of Public Local Laws
of Caroline County (1965 Edition, being Article 6 of the Code of
Public Local Laws of Maryland), title "Caroline County," subtitle