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VETOES
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S.B. 450
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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. Except in Carroll County, CECIL COUNTY, Montgomery County, Howard
County, and Washington County, 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.
(b) In Calvert County the fees for dog licenses shall be determined by the
County Commissioners. However, before establishing or altering any license fee, the
Calvert County Commissioners shall advertise the proposed fee for 2 consecutive
weeks in at least 2 newspapers of general circulation in Calvert County. All dog
licenses will expire on June 30. Any license valid on July 1, 1973, shall remain valid
through June 30, 1974.
(c) In Harford County all applications for licenses under the provisions of this
section shall be made on or before the thirty-first day of December of each year and
all licenses issued shall be void upon the thirty-first day of December of the following
year. Any license issued under the provisions of this section as of July 1, 1950, shall be
valid until December 31, 1951. The license fee for each unspayed female dog shall be
three dollars ($3.00).
(d) In Montgomery County:
(1) The fees for dogs shall be determined by the County Executive of the
county; and
(2) A dog license shall expire when a rabies vaccination certification
issued under § 18-319(a)(3) of the Health - General Article expires.
(e) In St. Mary's County the license fees for dogs, including the fee for any
kennel license, shall be determined by the County Commissioners of the county and
shall be payable on or before the thirtieth day of June of each year, and all such
licenses issued shall be void upon the thirtieth day of June the following year. The
County Commissioners of St. Mary's County are authorized and directed to appoint
the necessary agents to collect said license fees from owners of dogs who have not paid
the required license fees by the first day of August in each year, and there shall be
added to the fee of such delinquent owner a penalty of one dollar ($1.00) per license.
Every dog warden appointed in St. Mary's County shall have all the powers of a
constable or other peace officer.
(f) In Talbot County the fee for a male dog or a spayed female shall be $1.50
and the fee for an unspayed female dog shall be $3.00.
(g) In Charles County the fee for dogs shall be determined by the County
Commissioners of the county.
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