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IIARFORD COUNTY.

peace before whom such head or heads shall be brought, is
hereby required to give the person bringing the same a certifi-
cate thereof, and cause the said head or heads to be burnt, or
otherwise destroyed.
SEC. 4. See 'Calvert County,' title 'Crows,' ante page 1730.
Continued by 1808, ch. 99.

CRIER.

AN ACT making additional provision for the Crier of Harford County
Court.— 1835, ch. 2.

Per diem as
bailiff.

Be it enacted, by the General Assembly of Maryland, That
the crier of Harford county court shall in addition to his fees,
as now allowed by law, receive a per diem allowance of the
same amount as the bailiff of Harford county court, which said
per diem shall be allowed for every day the court sit, either
for the despatch of business of the county or removed cases,
either civil or criminal, from other counties, or from the city of
Baltimore, which said allowance shall be levied and paid in
all respects as is the allowance of bailiff and other expenses oi'
said court.

FENCES.

AN ACT regulating Fences in Harford County. — 1825, ch. 146.

Dimensions
prescribed;
liability of
trespassers.

SEC. 1. Be if enacted, by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That corn-fields and all grounds kept for enclosures, shall be
fenced with a post and rail fence, or worm fence well staked
and ridered, made of good and substantial rails, at least four
feet and a half high from the ground to the top of the upper
rail ; and all worm fences not staked and ridered shall be at
least five feet high from the ground to the top of the upper
rail, and the first or under rail, either in post and rail or worm
fences, shall not exceed five inches from the ground, or em-
bankment or stone wall, as the case may be, on which the same
is or shall be built; and the width between the rails compos-
ing the fence, shall be such as is usual in the construction of
good post and rail, or worm fence ; and all fences made of
stone exclusively, and hedges of thorn close set, shall be at least
four feet and an half high from the ground to the top thereof;
and all brush fences made upon the surface of the ground, to
be at least four feet six inches high, and all brush fences made
upon an embankment to be at least three feet high ; Provided,
the embankment be eighteen inches high ; And provided, that
nothing in this act contained shall be so construed as to extend
to other than outside fences or fences between different pro-
prietors. And if any horses, horned cattle, sheep or hogs,
shall break into any person's enclosure, the same being of the
height and sufficiency aforesaid, then the owner or owners of