898 LAWS OF MARYLAND.

	CHAPTER 462. AN ACT to add an additional Section to the Pub- lic Local Laws of Prince George's County, sub- title "Bladensburg," to prevent swine from going at large in said village.
Amended.	SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland, That the Public Local Laws of. Prince George' s County, substitute "Bladensburg" be amended fey the addition of the following Sec- tion :
Swine not to run at large.	Sec. 40. From and after the date of the passage of this Act it shall not be lawful for swine to go at large in the village of Bladensburg, and the Bailiff of said village may take up and impound any swine which may be found going at large in said village, and on his failure or neglect to take up and impound swine so found going at large, it shall and may be lawful for any citizen of said village to do so, and any person so taking up and impounding shall give four days' notice thereof by advertisement set up at four of the most public places in the village describing the swine im- pounded, and that the same will be sold at public auction at some public place in said village, one- half of the purchase money to go to the person impounding such swine, and the other half to the owner, and if no owner shall claim the said swine on the day of sale, said half shall go to the Com- missioners of the village for the use of said village ;
Proviso.	provided, that if the owner of any swine impoun- ded under this Section shall prove to the satisfac- tion of any Justice of the Peace residing in said village, that the said swine did not go at large from negligence or want of care on his part, and that due diligence was used to prevent it, the owner shall have return of the property on paying all expenses of keeping and proving the same, and fifty cents for taking up each one of such swine. Approved March 30, 1868.