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WASHINGTON COUNTY.

	oioner in the Boonsborough or sixth election district in said county ; therefore,
Election directed.	Be it enacted, by the General Assembly of Maryland, That an election be held in the Boonsborough or sixth election dis- trict of Washington county, on the first Monday of March next, and that in the conducting of the said election and making the return thereof, the judges of election shall conform in all re- spects to the existing laws in relation to the elections, and that
Notice thereof.	the sheriff of said county shall give the usual notice of said election, and that in all cases hereafter, where there shall be a
In case of tie hereafter	tie, between two or more candidates for the office of county commissioner in said county, the sheriff of said county as soon as such tie is ascertained to exist, shall issue his proclamation
Election directed.	commanding a new election in such district, giving the usual notice required by law, which election shall be held in all respects according to the provisions of the election laws of this state. COUNTY COURT. AN ACT relating to Appeals and Writs of Error, on Judgments of the County Courts of Baltimore, Frederick and Washington.— 1831, ch. 319. See 'Baltimore County,' title 'County Court,' ante page 1670. FENCES. AN ACT regulating Fences in Washington County.— 1833, ch. 140. Modified by 1834, ch. 70.
Legal di- mensions.	SEC. 1. Be it enacted, by the General Assembly of Maryland, That from and after the first day of August next, all fields and grounds kept for enclosure in Washington county, shall be
Of post and rail.	fenced with posts and rails or plank or worm fence, (well staked and ridered) made of good and substantial rails, at least four feet and half high from the ground to the top of the upper rail, and all worm fences shall be at least six feet high from the ground to the top of the upper rail, and the first or under rail in post and rail or plank or worm fences, shall not exceed five inches from the ground or embankment, on which the same is or may be built, and the width between the rails composing the fence shall be such as is usual in the construction of good post and rail, plank or worm fences, and all brush fences made upon the surface of the ground to be at least live feet high, and
Brush fences.	all brush fences made upon an embankment to be at least three feet six inches high ; Provided, the embankment be eighteen
Stone fences.	inches high ; and all stone fences made upon the ground to be at least four feet high from the surface of the ground ; And pro- vided, that nothing in this act contained shall be so construed
Only ap- plied to outside fences.	as to extend to other than outside fences or fences between proprietors, and if any live stock of any kind or description whatsoever shall break into any person's enclosure, the same