HARRY HUGHES, Governor

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(e) In Calvert County all funds derived from the
issuance of licenses and all funds received in the form of
fees from the seizure and impounding of dogs shall be
remitted to the county treasurer not less than once each
month and shall be a part of the general funds of the
county.

191.

(a) On or before the first day of July of each year,
the owner of any dog, six months old or over, shall apply
either orally or in writing, to the county treasurer or to
the tax collecting officer in said county for a license for
each such dog owned or kept by him, and such application
shall be accompanied by a fee of one dollar ($1.00) for each
male dog or each spayed female dog, and a fee of two dollars
($2.00) for each unspayed female dog, and, provided that
kennel license shall be issued for ten dollars ($10.00) to
persons owning or keeping not in excess of twenty-five dogs
and that a kennel license fee of twenty dollars ($20.00)
shall be issued to persons keeping more than twenty-five
dogs. The said license or fee shall be the only license or
tax required for the ownership or keeping of said dog or
dogs. Such license shall be issued on a form prepared and
supplied by the county commissioners. Such license shall be

dated and numbered,_and shall contain a description of the

dog licensed. All licenses shall be void upon the first day
of July of the following year. The county commissioners
shall also furnish, and the county treasurer, or tax
collecting officer issuing the license, shall issue, with
each license, a metal tag. Such tag shall be affixed to a
substantial collar. The collar shall be furnished by the
owner, and with the tag attached shall at all times be kept
on the dog for which the license is issued, except when
confined in the kennel or when hunting in charge of an
attendant.

(N) IN GARRETT COUNTY, THE LICENSE FEE FOR DOGS,
INCLUDING THE FEE FOR ANY KENNEL LICENSE, SHALL BE
DETERMINED BY THE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF THE COUNTY.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act
shall take effect July 1, 1982.

Approved May 4, 1982.

CHAPTER 137
(Senate Bill 549)