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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

CHAPTER 157. AN ACT to add additional sections to article twenty-one of the Code of Public Local Laws of Washington county, in regard to horses and carriages kept at livery in said county.

Additional sections.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland, That the following sections be, and they are hereby added to article twenty-one of the Code of Public Local Laws of Washington county, and be annexed under a separate title as "Horses and carriages at livery, " as follows:

Be lawful to retain.

1. It shall be lawful for any livery stable keeper in Washington county to retain in his custody any horse, mare or gelding placed under his care for livery, and also any vehicle until all charges for so keeping shall have been paid by the owner or owners thereof.

Be lawful to sell.

2. It shall and may be lawful for such livery stable keeper to sell any such horse, mare or gelding, or vehicle at public auction for cash, in Hagerstown, in said county, after giving at least three weeks public notice of the time, place and terms of sale in one or more newspapers published in said county, prior to the day of sale, and after deducting the amount due for such keeping, together with all the expenses attending said sale, then to pay over the surplus, if any, to the owner of such horse, mare or gelding, or vehicle.

Be necessary.

3. Before proceeding as above, it shall be necessary for such livery stable keeper to state an account for the keeping of such horse, mare or gelding, or vehicle, and prove the same before a justice of the peace for the County of Washington, who, upon being satisfied by proof of demand, and refusal or neglect to pay on the part of the owner or owners of

Proviso.

said property, shall thereupon issue his warrant authorizing such sale as aforesaid; provided that the proprietor of such livery stables shall set up on his premises, in some conspicuous place, a copy of this act, printed in large type, together with his rates of livery.

Approved March 25, 1876.