1858

LAWS OF MARYLAND

Ch. 680

majority of the residents of the platted subdivision or
district zoned residential, with a designation of the
boundary limits of the specific area. Further, the County
Commissioners, after advertising the proposed ordinance and
a public hearing on that ordinance for three consecutive
weeks in all three newspapers of general circulation in
Calvert County, shall designate the boundary limits of each
area as part of any enacted ordinance.]

(Note: This section is proposed for repeal and its
provisions are to be transferred to Article 56, Section 200
of the Annotated Code.)

[143.]

[All dogs seized and impounded under Section 142 shall
be held for the owner thereof for a period of seventy—two
(72) hours- During this period any dog seized under the
provisions of Section 142 shall be released to the owner, or
his duly authorized representative, upon satisfactory proof
of ownership, tender of a fee, in such amount as the County
Commissioners shall determine, for the costs of seizure and
impounding, and upon presentation of the license for the dog
as prescribed in Section 136.]

(Note: This section is proposed for repeal and its
provisions are to be transferred to Article 56, Section 200
of the Annotated Code.)

[144.]

[Any owner not redeeming his dog within seventy—two
(72) hours under the provisions of Section 143, shall be
deemed to have forfeited all rights of ownership and the dog
shall be deemed the property of Calvert County. The dog
shall remain impounded for additional forty—eight (48)
hours, during which time any person desiring, may obtain
ownership of the dog by tendering the fee for the costs of
seizure and impounding and by purchasing a license as
required by Section 136.]

(Note: This section is proposed for repeal and its
provisions are to be transferred to Article 56, Section 200
of the Annotated Code.)

[145.]

[Any dog seized as aforesaid and not redeemed within
120 hours from time of seizure, may be killed by the dog
warden or one of his duly authorized deputies. If it is
killed, it shall be killed in the most humane manner
possible.]

(Note: This section is proposed for repeal and its
provisions are to be transferred to Article 56, Section 200
of the Annotated Code.)