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and shall keep the said gate or gates in good order

and repair.

SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That if any person or

Leave open or
destroy.

persons shall wilfully leave open, cut down, destroy

or remove said gate or gates, he or she shall upon

conviction thereof, before any justice of the peace

of said county, forfeit and pay to the owner of such

Penalty.

gate or gates, a sum not less then two, nor more

than six dollars, for each and every offence, to be

recovered as small debts are now recovered by law.

In force.

SEC. 3. And be it enacted, That this act shall take

effect from the date of its passage.

Approved April 8, 1876.

CHAPTER 269.

AN ACT to repeal section twenty-nine of the act of

eighteen hundred and sixty-eight, chapter four

hundred and seventy-one, entitled an "an act to

repeal article twenty-six of the Code of Public

General Laws, and to enact a substitute therefor,

and to repeal section twenty-two of article sixteen ;

sections ninety-nine to one hundred and three of

the same article, and sections thirty-three to forty-

three of article eighty-eight, of the Code of Public

General Laws," and re-enact the same so as to

read as follows, and to repeal section seventeen of

the same article, and to re-enact the same with

amendments.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of

Maryland, That section twenty-nine of the act of

Repealed,
amended and

eighteen hundred and sixty-eight, chapter four hun-

re-enacted.

dred and seventy-one, entitled "an act to repeal

article twenty-six of the Code of Public General

Laws, and to re-enact a substitute therefor, and to

repeal section twenty-two of article sixteen; sections