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MARVIN MANDEL, Governor
3331
Section 194(n)
Annotated Code of Maryland
(1972 Replacement Volume and 1974 Supplement)
SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That Sections 191(h), 197 and 198(d) of Article
56 - Licenses, of the Annotated Code of Maryland (1972
Replacement Volume and 1974 Supplement) be and they are
hereby repealed and re—enacted, with amendments, to read
as follows:
Article 56 — Licenses
191.
(h) In Howard County the fee for dog and kennel
licenses [shall be] IS determined by the County
[Commissioners] COUNCIL.
197.
All moneys arising from the dog licenses or taxes
shall be kept in a separate fund by the treasurer of the
respective counties, or tax collecting office thereof,
and shall be used for the payment of damages for the
injury and killing of sheep, poultry or other livestock
in [said] THE respective counties, according to the
procedures set out in § 198 of this article. 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] THE 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 contract or agreement with [such] THE persons,
association of persons or corporations 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
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