Acts. 467

And be it further Enacted, That it shall not be lawful for any
Person or Persons to keep or raise any Swine, Sheep, or Geese,
within the said Town, unless they be well inclosed in some Lot or
Pen, on Penalty that the same may be taken up by Order of the said
Commissioners or Overseer aforesaid, and applied to the Use of the
Prisoners in said County Goal.

Liber B. L. C.
[Swine, &c.
not to be
raised in the
said Town.]

And for preventing any Accidents by Fire, Be it also Enacted,
That any Inhabitant of said Town, permitting his, her, or their
Chimney to take Fire, so as to blaze out at the Top, shall forfeit and
pay the Sum of ten Shillings Current Money for every such Of-
fence: And any Person living, in a House in said Town, with a
Chimney, and in Use, who shall not keep a Ladder high enough to
reach the Top of the Roof of such House, shall also forfeit and pay
the like Sum of ten Shillings like Money.

[Of Chim-
neys taking
Fire.]

And be it further Enacted, That all the Fines and Forfeitures in
this Act mentioned, shall be recovered by and in the Name of the
Commissioners aforesaid before a single Magistrate, as in the Case
of small Debts, to be by them applied to the public Use of said Town,
and accounted for in the same Manner as is directed by former
Laws.

[Fines, &c.
how
recovered.]

And be it further Enacted by the Authority aforesaid, That an
Act entituled, A Supplementary Act to the Act entituled, An Act for
laying out and erecting a Town at a Place called Long Point, on the
West Side of North- East River in Caecil County, made at a Session
of Assembly begun and held at the City of Annapolis, the first Day
of May, Anno Domini One thousand seven hundred and forty-four,
be and is hereby continued in full Force.

[Supple-
mentary
Act con-
tinued.]

This Act to continue for three Years from and after the End of
this Session of Assembly, and unto the End of the next Session of
Assembly which shall happen after the Expiration of the said three
Years.

[Continu-
ance of
this Act.]
p. 496

26^th May 1750
Read and Assented to
by the Lower House of
Assembly
Signed p Order
M. Macnemara Cl lo ho.

On behalf of the Right
Honourable the Lord
Proprietary of this Prov-
ince I will this Be a Law
Sam: Ogle

the great Seal in
wax appendant

1 June 1750
Read and Assented to
by the Upper House of
Assembly.
Signed p Order
J Ross Cl Up Ho.

An Act to settle the Divisions between Frederick and Baltimore
Counties, and also between Dorchester and Worcester Counties.

No. 13

Whereas, some Disputes have arisen between the Inhabitants of
Frederick and Baltimore Counties, and the Inhabitants of Dorches-
ter and Worcester Counties, concerning the Bounds and Limits of
their respective Counties; for Remedy whereof,

[Preamble.]