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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

disinterested sworn appraisers; and the balance, if any, to the

owner or owners of such swine; and should no one claim

said balance as owner within sixty days of said sale, the con-

stable shall pay the same to the treasurer of the school fund

for Dorchester County to be applied to the benefit of the public

schools of said county.

Approved April 8, 1904.

CHAPTER 428.

AN ACT to provide for the burial of paupers in Montgomery

County and for the payment of the expenses thereof by the

County Commissioners of said county, directing what proof

shall be furnished before said expense shall be paid.

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

land, That whenever any resident of Montgomery County,

Providing for

who is a pauper, shall die, the expense of his burial shall be

the burial of

paid by the County Commissioners of said county, who shall

paupers.

levy in the usual manner and pay such sum as in their discre-

tion shall be a reasonable and fair charge for the services ren-

dered.

SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That every undertaker or other

Undertakers'

person presenting a bill for the burial of such pauper shall,

charges.

in addition to the affidavit now required by law or usage to be

appended to said bill, file with the County Commissioners an

affidavit made by some taxpayer, who shall state under oath

that he knew the deceased in his life time and knows or verily

believes that the deceased was, at the time of his death, without

means to defray the expenses of his funeral, and that the de-

ceased owned or was entitled to no property which could

properly be charged with the payment of the costs of his burial.

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

from the date of its passage.

Approved April 8, 1904.

CHAPTER 429.

AN ACT to amend the charter and extend the powers of the

"Agricultural Fair Association of Prince George's County."

Powers con-

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

ferred on an
agricultural

land, That in addition to the general powers conferred on the

fair associa-
tion.

"Agricultural Fair Association of Prince George's County"

(a body corporate) by its Act of incorporation under the pro-