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LAWS OP MARYLAND.

SEC. 8. And be it enacted, That if any person shall

Beat, dog
bruise or injure

beat, dog, bruise, or in any manner injure any
horned or black cattle, sheep or hogs, the owner or

tenant of the property whereon such damage shall
be done, shall be liable for an action of damages for

the injury, to the full amount of the actual damage,

to be estimated by two disinterested persons, one

chosen by each party, and to be recovered before any

justice of the peace of the county; and if either

party shall refuse to appoint an appraiser of such

damage for the space of five days from the injury

done, any justice of the peace may appoint in his

stead.

SEC. 9. And be it enacted, That this act shall take

In force

effect from the first day of June, in the year eighteen

hundred and seventy-four.

Approved April 11th, 1874.

CHAPTER 477.

AN ACT to authorize the Mayor and City Council

of Baltimore, to purchase at its discretion, the

property of the Western Maryland Rail Road

Company, and to issue the bonds of the City of

Baltimore, in order to provide for the payment

money for said purchase.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of

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Maryland, That in the contingency of the foreclosing

chase

of the mortgages of the Western Maryland Rail Road
Company, it shall be lawful for the City of Baltimore.

in virtue of its large interest and investments in said

company, to purchase all the properties and assets

of said company, including the right of way, railroad

track, rolling stock, stations, &c., &c, at such time as

the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore shall pass

an ordinance, declaring it expedient and proper to

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make such purchase; provided, that the ordinance

shall in all respects conform to the requirements of