THEODORE R. MCKELDIN, GOVERNOR 63

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
a 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. Provided, further, that in Talbot County
the fee for a male dog or a spayed female dog shall be
$1. 50 and the fee for an unspayed female dog shall be
$3. 00. And provided further that in Howard County the
fee for all dogs, whether male or female, or spayed, shall
be $1. 50. And provided further that in Carroll County the
fees for dogs shall be determined by the County Commis-
sioners of said County. The said license or fee shall be
the only license or tax required for the ownership or keep-
ing 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 con-
tain 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.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall
take effect June 1, 1951.

Approved March 5, 1951.

CHAPTER 26
(Senate Bill 117)

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Sec-
tion 261 of Article 14 of the Code of Public Local Laws
of Maryland (1930 Edition), title "Howard County",

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