PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY. 3843

kennel license of ten dollars ($10.00) per annum for less than twenty-
five dogs; between twenty-five and fifty dogs twenty-five dollars ($25.00).
The County Commissioners of Prince George's County are hereby author-
ized, empowered and directed to appoint on or before the first day of June
in the year 1927 for one year, and annually thereafter, one person in each
of the several Election Districts of Prince George's County as the col-
lector of dog tax in and for said District, who before acting as such shall
give bond to the State of Maryland for the use of Prince George's County
in the penalty of two hundred dollars ($200) for the faithful performance
of his trust conditioned that he will diligently collect and account for all
sum or sums of money received by him in collection of said tax, and pay
over the same to the County Commissioners. All kennel licenses applied
for shall be issued by the collector of dog licenses for the District in which
said kennel is located, which license shall specify the name of the owner,
the name of the kennel, and the keeper of the same; and any dog kept or
straying about the premises of any person with his knowledge, whether
said person be the owner or only the occupant of said premises shall be
deemed for the purpose of this Section the property of said person; the
tax imposed by this Section shall be due and payable on or before the first
day of July of each year.

1927, ch. 387, sec. 2.

373. It shall be the duty of the County Commissioners to provide each
District collector of dog taxes with sufficient, suitable metal tags, having
stamped on one side the number thereof, and on the other side the year
for which they are to be used, to be worn on the neck of the dog or dogs,
whose owner or owners shall pay to the collector the said tax; and the
County Commissioners shall provide the collectors of dog tax in each
District with blank receipts in printed form, which when filled up, shall
contain the name of the owner of said dog, his post office address, as well
as the name of the dog, sex, breed and color, with the number and the date
of its tag, and the amount of tax collected, and the County Commissioners
shall also provide the collectors of dog tax with blank reports in printed
form to be furnished by the County Commissioners containing the facts
required above to be given in the receipt from the collectors of dox tax to
the owner upon the payment of the annual tax aforesaid, all of which shall
be made returnable in the monthly report to be rendered each month to
the County Commissioners. The said Clerk to the County Commissioners
shall safely keep the reports and enter the facts required above, regularly
in a book to be kept for that purpose in the office and under the supervi-
sion of the County Commissioners, and said Clerk shall receive and keep
accurate account of all funds received from the collection of said taxes and
paid over to the County Commissioners as required under the provisions,
of this Act, and to deposit the license fee together with all fines collected
to the credit of the fund to be called "The Dog Fund of Prince George's
County."