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(6) The salaries of the State's Attorney, the deputy State's At-
torney, the assistant State's Attorneys, the clerks and the special
investigator within the limits herein prescribed shall be included
by the State's Attorney in his annual budget submission to the
County Council and shall be paid by the County. In addition to
the compensation provided for in this section, the State's Attorney,
for the operation of his office and the performance of his duties
shall be entitled to a reasonable expense allowance which shall be
subject to the approval of the County Council.

Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take effect
June 1, 1967.

Approved March 24, 1967.

CHAPTER 99

(House Bill 288)

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Section 198 of
Article 56 of the Annotated Code of Maryland (1964 Replacement
Volume), title "Licenses," subtitle "Dog Licenses in the Counties,"
to authorize the county manager to approve sheep, poultry or
livestock damage claims in Montgomery County.

Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That Section 198 of Article 56 of the Annotated Code of Maryland
(1964 Replacement Volume), title "Licenses," subtitle "Dog Li-
censes in the Counties," be and it is hereby repealed and re-enacted,
with amendments, to read as follows:

198.

When any inhabitant of any county shall have any sheep, poultry
or livestock destroyed or injured by a dog or dogs, he may apply
to any trial magistrate of said county, who shall appoint three
disinterested persons as appraisers to view and appraise the dam-
ages by him sustained, at least one of said appraisers shall be a
deputy sheriff of said county and they, under oath, shall state in
writing to the county commissioners of said county, the number of
sheep, poultry, or livestock killed, the character and extent of the
injury, if any done, and the amount of the damages, upon which they
shall all agree, sustained by the owner; and both the appraisers and
the owner of the sheep, poultry or livestock shall make oath that they
believe the same to have been destroyed or injured by a dog or dogs;
and when the report of such proceedings has been filed, the county
commissioners of said county shall review said report, and if in their
judgment the amount of damages stated is unfair, they shall award
such amount as they may deem fair; which award shall be paid out
of the fund hereby created; provided, however, that the said sworn
report of the appraisers shall be deemed prima facie evidence of the
fairness of the award of damages in each instance; and provided,
further, that the county commissioners shall not change such an
award unless they shall have personal knowledge of its unfairness, or