2626                            County Local Laws

Section 5. Be it further enacted, that subsection (a) of Section
3-19 of said Code, title and article, be and it is hereby repealed and re-
enacted with amendments, to read as follows:

Section 3-19. Disposition of dead dogs.

(a)    The owner of any dog which has died from disease or any
other cause shall forthwith provide for the cremation or burial of the
same. If he fails to do so, he shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and
upon conviction before a [trial magistrate] district court, shall be
fined a sum of ten dollars, which fine shall be remitted to the dog li-
cense commission for the purpose of defraying the expense of burial
of the animal.

Section 6. Be it further enacted, that Section 3-20 of said Code,
title and article, be and it is hereby repealed and re-enacted with
amendments, to read as follows :

Section 3-20. Unauthorized possession.

The unauthorized possession of a dog by any person not the true
owner, for a period exceeding three days without notifying either the
owner, or the authorized dog shelter and/or the dog license commis-
sion, of such possession, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon
conviction before a [trial magistrate] district court or circuit court
for the county shall be subject to a fine of not less than five dollars nor
more than twenty-five dollars.

Section 7. Be it further enacted, that Subsection (b) of Section
3-21 of said Code, title and article, be and it is hereby repealed and re-
enacted with amendments, to read as follows:

Section 3-21. Reimbursement for maiming or destruction of domes-
tic animals.

(b)    Whoever suffers loss by dogs on his own property by the
maiming or killing of his livestock or poultry, outside the premises of
the owners or keepers of such dogs, may, provided he acts within
ninety-six hours from the date of his knowledge of the occurrence,
apply to the [trial magistrate] district court or dog warden for the
appointment of three disinterested persons, as appraisers to view, if
possible, and appraise the damage by him claimed; and they, or a ma-
jority of them, shall state in writing to the dog license commission
their reasons for believing that a dog did the damage, the number of
each kind of animal injured or killed, the character and extent of the
injury done, the reasonable salvage possible and the net amount of
damages sustained by the owners. The owner shall make oath that he
believes the damage was done by a dog and when the claim so com-
pleted is filed with the commission, the commission or its representa-
tives may investigate the claim and determine if possible, the identity
and ownership of the dog responsible for the loss. If such identity
and ownership is not known, the dog license commission shall review