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CHAP. 518.
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CHAPTER 518.
AN ACT making the negligent and malicious burning of
brush or grass, or anything else, on land in Wicomico-
county, Maryland, whereby damage is done to the property
of others, a misdemeanor.
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Guilty of
misdemeanor
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SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of
Maryland, That any one who shall wilfully, negligently and
maliciously set fire to any brush, grass, or anything else, on
his own land or the land of another, or shall wilfully, negli-
gently or maliciously allow tire to escape in Wicomico county,
Maryland, and by reason of such negligence or malice the
property of any other person or persons shall be injured or
destroyed, s'hall be a misdemeanor, and on conviction shall be
subject to a fine of not less than five dollars nor more than
one hundred dollars, and be committed to the county jail until
fine and costs are paid, or not over six months in jail, or both,
in the discretion of the Court or of the justice of the peace;
but any proceeding under this section shall not bar any per-
son or persons whose property is injured or destroyed from
proceeding for the recovery of damages by a civil suit before a
justice of the peace or the Circuit Court for Wicomico county,
Maryland.
SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That this Act shall take effect
from the date of its passage.
Approved April 11, 1902.
CHAPTER 519.
AN ACT to fix the rate of interest to be paid purchasers at
tax sales of property erroneously sold.
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Rate of
interest to be
charged.
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SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of
Maryland, That where property is erroneously sold for taxes
in any of the counties of the State of Maryland through an
error in description, or for any other reason, that the parties
purchasing said property at tax sales shall be entitled to the
same rate of interest as if the eale were made in due and
proper form, and whenever an error is discovered at any tax
sale, as aforesaid, the County Treasurer or the Commissioners
of any county in which there is no treasurer shall make pay-
ment to the purchaser of the property sold at said tax sale
upon his transferring to them his certificate of purchase at
such sale from any funds in their hands.
SEC. 2. Be it enacted, That this Act shall take effect from
the date of its passage.
Approved April 11, 1902.
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