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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

the sum of five thousand dollars annually or as much

Annual ap-
propriation.

thereof as may be necessary is hereby appropriated, payable by

the Treasurer of the State upon warrant of the Comptroller at

such times and in such sums as may be authorized by the State

Board of Health upon presentation of the proper voucher.

SEC. 6. And be it enacted, That this Act shall take effect from

the date of its passage.

Approved April 8, 1904.

CHAPTER 400.

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact with amendments Sections 155.

156 and 156A of the Code of Public Local Laws of Maryland.

title "Cecil County," sub-title "Fences," as re-enacted and

amended by Chapter 301 of the Acts of the General Assem-

bly of Maryland, passed at the January Session, 1890.

Fences.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-

land, That Sections 155, 150 and 156A of the Code of Public

Local Laws of Maryland, title "Cecil County," sub-title

"Fences." as re-enacted by Chapter 301 of the Acts of 1800 be

and the same are hereby repealed and re-enacted with amend-

ments so as to read as follows :

Parties to

155. When the lands of any two persons adjoin, or when

jointly main-
tain line

the lands of any person adjoin the lands of any corporation or

fences.

lands over which any corporation has a right of wav, each of

them shall make and maintain one-half of the whole length of

the line fence between them, and if either of said persons or

said corporation shall fail or neglect to make his, her or its

proportion of said fence, or to keep or put the same in good

repair within thirty days after he, she or it has been notified

and requested to do so in writing, then the partv making said

requests may make or repair said fence at the expense of the

party or corporation so neglecting or refusing, and may re-

cover his costs and expenses in the same manner as other debts.

Must give no-

156. Should any person or corporation wish to fence in any

tice in writ

ing.

land which has hitherto been unenclosed, after having built his

proportion of said fence, he shall give to the party or corpora-

tion whose- lands adjoins his land, notice in writing that the

party or corporation must erect their proportion of said fence

within thirty days, and if the parties so notified shall erect their

proportion of said fence the same remedy as given in the pre-

ceding section shall apply.

Height of

156A. That fences to be made or kept in repair under the

fences.

preceding sections shall be at least four feet high and shall be

sufficiently close to prevent hogs from passing through the

same, but no barbed or saw-edged wire shall be used in the

construction of the same, except by agreement between the

parties.

SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That this Act shall take effect from

the date of its passage.

Approved April 7, 1904.