singing birds and poultry, leaving gates open, de-
stroying shrubbery and cultivated flowers, and by
the discharge of their fire-arms near the public roads,
causing horses and other beasts of burthern to run
off' with vehicles, often to the serious injury of the
people of said county; therefore,
SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of
Maryland, That the following sections be incorpor-
ated in the third article of the Code of Public Lo-
cal Laws, title "Baltimore county: "
SEC. 213. It shall not be lawful for any person,
with or without dogs or gun, under any pretext what-
ever, to trespass, against the will of the owner, upon
any lands in Baltimore county situate within twenty
miles of the City of Baltimore.
SEC. 214. That if any person trespassing as afore-
said, shall be requested by the owner of said lands,
or his or her authorized agent, to depart from and
quit the same, shall refuse, or within a reasonable
time neglect to do so, be deemed guilty of a trespass
under tills Act, and shall be liable therefor to a fine
of five dollars and costs, which fine and costs shall
be recoverable, in the name of the State, to the use
of the public schools of said county, before a Justice
of the Peace of Baltimore county; and any trespas-
ser against whom a judgment as aforesaid shall be
recovered for fine and costs, on refusing or omitting
to pay the same when rendered, shall be by the Jus-
tice rendering said judgment, committed to the jail
of said county for the space of five days unless said
fine and costs are sooner paid.
SEC. 215. Any person trespassing with dog or gun
upon the lands referred to in the first and second sec-.
tions of this Act, and while so trespassing fire a gun,
destroying shrubbery or cultivated flowers, picking
or taking away any kind of fruit, shooting any kind
of bird or poultry, injuring or casting down any
fence, or leaving open any gate, shall be deemed
guilty of a trespass under this Act, and liable there-
for to a fine of* less than five nor more than twenty
dollars and costs, which fine and costs shall be re-
covered in the manner set forth in the second section
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Not lawful to
trespass.
To be deem'd
guilty of
trespass.
Fine fo .
Committed to
jail.
To be deem'd
guilty of
trespass,
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fine.
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