62                                LAWS OF MARYLAND                        [CH. 50

194.

(1)  (1) In addition to and not in substitution for any powers
granted under this subtitle, the County Commissioners of Harford
County by resolution or ordinance enacted according to its usual
procedure may provide for a comprehensive system for regulation
of dogs in the county, including licensing and control of dogs. As a
part of such regulation the County [Commissioner] Commissioners
may establish [,] separate dog control districts in the county with
regulations applicable solely within the district, provide for the
impounding and disposal of dogs found to be dangerous to persons
and property, and provide reasonable penalties for violations of any
regulations applicable to dogs.

(2)   It is unlawful in Harford County for any person to own or
keep a dog which disturbs the peace and quiet of any neighborhood
in an inhabited area, or which is vicious and bites any person. Upon
the sworn complaint before the People's Court of Harford County
of any two or more persons of different households alleging that a
dog disturbs the peace and quiet of any neighborhood in an inhabited
area of Harford County, or upon the sworn complaint of any one
or more persons that a dog is vicious and has bitten any person, a
summons shall issue to the owner or keeper of such dog to appear
before the People's Court. Upon proof that the dog disturbs the
peace and quiet of any neighborhood in an inhabited area, or is
vicious and has bitten any person, the owner or keeper shall be
required to deliver up the offending dog to be killed in the most
humane manner possible, unless he removes the dog permanently
from the neighborhood. If the owner or keeper is required to deliver
up the dog to be killed or to remove it as aforesaid, and he refuses
or fails to do so, then it is the duty of any police officer or any duly
empowered agent on behalf of the county to seize the dog wherever
it may be found and to cause it to be killed in the most humane
manner possible. Any owner failing to comply with the provisions
of this paragraph is guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction
thereof shall be subject to a fine of not more than twenty-five dollars
($25.00) for each offense. Notwithstanding the aforegoing provi-
sions of this subsection, the barking of hunting dogs in pursuit of
game shall not be considered a disturbance of the public peace for
the purposes hereof.

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

Approved March 24, 1967.

CHAPTER 50
(Senate Bill 245)

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Section 9B(a)
of Article 25 of the Annotated Code of Maryland (1966 Replace-
ment Volume), title "County Commissioners," subtitle "General
Provisions," correcting an error in the law relating to the author-
ity of the County Commissioners of Calvert County to acquire
real or leasehold property for public use, to erect buildings thereon,