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ALLEGANY COUNTY.

except what may be necessary or necessarily results from taking,

hunting, trapping, pursuing or destroying any such animals, the

owner or possessor of any such lands, may recover in a special

action upon the case, all such damages as he may have sus-

tained by the unnecessary or improper use of said right.

Acts in-

SEC. 6. And be it enacted, That all such acts or parts of acts

conaistent
repealed.

of assembly, as are repugnant to, or in any way inconsistent

with this act, be, and the same are hereby repealed.

AN ACT for the destruction of Wolves and Panthers, in Allegany

County .—1828, ch. 112.

Allowance

Sec. 1, Be it enacted^ by the General Assembly of Maryland,

for killing
them.

That k shall and may be lawful for the justices of the levy

court of Allegany county, to allow such sum as in their skill

and judgment they may think right and proper, in addition to

the sum already allowed by law, for every old or young wolf

or panther, caught and killed within the limits of Allegany

county; Provided, such additional compensation shall not

exceed the sum of five dollars.

POOR,

AN ACT to provide for the purchase of Land, and the erection thereon oi

an Alms-house in Allegaoy County. — 1832, ch. 244.

* Preamble.

WHEREAS, it is represented to this general assembly, by the

petition of sundry citizens of Allegany county, that there is no

house for the reception of the poor within said county, and that

they are satisfied that the comfort and accommodation of such

persons would be greatly subserved and promoted, as well as

that the taxable inhabitants of said county, would be relieved

from much unnecessary and onerous taxation, by the establish-

ment in said couuty, for the reception and accommodation of

all persons therein disabled by age, decrepitude or otherwise,

from procuring the means of support; therefore,

Purchase of

SEC. 1. Be it enacted, by the General Assembly of Maryland,

land au-

That the commissioners of Allegany county, be hereby autho-

thorized.

rized and required to purchase two hundred acres of land, more

or less, as they may deem fit, westward of Cumberland, in said

Buildings.

county, for the purpose of erecting a building thereon, for the

reception and accommodation of the poor of the said county,

and they shall likewise be authorized and required to purchase

Materials

all articles requisite for fanning said land and for other purposes

appertaining to said alms-house, and to employ a steward to

take charge of the said house, land and appurtenances; and in

order to meet all expenses which may be incurred in the per-

formance of these duties, and in the maintenance of the estab-

lishment, the said commissioners shall have, in virtue of this

act, full power and authority ; and they are hereby required to

levy, from time to time, on the assessable property of said