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CHAPTER 137.
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An act relating to Riots.
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Passed Mar. 6, 1836.
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SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of
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Case of injury by riot
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Maryland, That from and after the passage of this act,
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if any county or incorporated town or city of this State,
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any church, chapel or convent, any dwelling house,
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any house used or designed by any person, or anybody
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politic or corporate, as a place Cor the transaction of
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business or deposite of property, any ship, ship yard
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or lumber yard, any barn, stable or other out house, or
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any articles of personal property, shall be injured or
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destroyed, or if any property therein or thereon shall
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be taken away, injured or destroyed, by any riotous
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or tumultuous assemblage of people, the full amount of
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Damage recoverable from the town
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the damage so done shall be recoverable by the suffer
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county or city
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or suffers, by suit at law against the county, town or
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city, within whose jurisdiction such riot or tumult oc-
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curred; Provided however, that no such liability shall
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Except they had not notice, &c.
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be incurred by such county, incorporated town, or city,
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unless the authorities thereof shall have had good rea-
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son to believe that such riot or tumultuous assemblage
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was about to take place, or having taking place, should
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have had notice of the same in time to prevent said in-
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jury or destruction, either by their own police, or with
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the aid of the citizens of such county, town, or city, it
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being the intention of this act, that no such liability
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shall be devolcd on such county town, or city, unless
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the authorities thereof having notice, have also the
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ability of themselves, or with their own citizens, to
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prevent said injury, Provided further, that in no case
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Explanatory
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shall indemnity be received where it shall be satis-
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factorily proved that the civil authorities and citizens
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of said county, town or city, when called on by the
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civil authorities thereof, have used all reasonable dili-
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gence, and all the powers entrusted to them for the
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