MARVIN MANDEL, Governor                        763

MENT AND THAT SECRETARY SHALL BE SUBSTITUTED
FOR ANY REFERENCE MADE WITHIN THIS ARTICLE TO
THE BOARD OF HEALTH AND MENTAL HYGIENE AND
THE STATE BOARD OF HEALTH AND MENTAL HYGIENE.

Sec. 2 3. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take effect
July 1, 1969.

Approved April 23, 1969.

CHAPTER 296
(House Bill 386)

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Section 197 of
Article 56 of the Annotated Code of Maryland (1968 Supplement),
title "Licenses," subtitle "Dog Licenses in the Counties," providing
that in Allegany County monies arising from dog license fees
shall be deposited in county general funds and further providing
that claims for certain damages shall be paid from county general
funds.

Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That Section 197 of Article 56 of the Annotated Code of Maryland
(1968 Supplement), title "Licenses," subtitle "Dog Licenses in the
Counties," be and it is hereby repealed and re-enacted, with amend-
ments, to read as follows:

197.

All monies arising from the dog licenses or taxes shall be kept in a
separate fund by the treasurer of the respective counties, or tax col-
lecting office thereof, and shall be used for the payment of damages
for the injury and killing of sheep, poultry or other livestock in said
respective counties. In the event the same are not sufficient for the
payment of all such damages the said damages shall be paid in the
order the claims are presented, and any person or persons whose
claims are not paid in any one year by reason of the lack of money to
the credit of the said fund, which is to be designated "the dog license
fund," shall be paid out of the first money coming into the fund after
his claim is reached, and shall be paid in the order in which said claims
are proved and filed; and any claims now filed and passed upon,
but remaining unpaid, shall have preference over any new claims in
the order of payment. The county commissioners of the several
counties are hereby authorized to expend any funds in excess of one
thousand dollars ($1,000) remaining in the hands of the treasurer
or the tax collecting officer after the payment of the claims as
aforesaid, for any public purpose which, in their judgment, may
seem right and proper, and are further empowered, whenever in
their judgment it may become necessary to do so, to enter into a con-
tract or agreement with such persons, association of persons or cor-
porations as they may deem suitable, for the removal, care and
disposition of unlicensed dogs, or licensed dogs which may create
a menace to the safety, security and property of the residents of said
counties, on such terms and conditions and for such compensation
as may be agreed to by the said county commissioners and such