1278 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [Ch. 770]

of not less than fifty nor more than one hundred dollars for each
offense and the cost of prosecution, and upon failure to pay
said fine and costs shall be committed to jail until the same
shall be paid, or for the period of forty days, whichever shall
first occur.

116C. No person shall permit his horses, mules, hogs or any
cattle of any kind to run at large outside of his own enclosure
within the limits of the said Town of La Plata; any person
violating the foregoing provisions of this section by permitting
any one of any species of any of said animals of either gender
or of any age, to run at large outside of his enclosure within
the limits aforesaid, belonging to him or in his custody or
control, for himself or as trustee for others, or as parent or
guardian of any infant, shall be subject to a fine of one dollar
and costs for each individual of any species of the animals
named so permitted to run at large, for the first offense, and for
the second offense to a fine of not less than one dollar nor more
than ten dollars and costs, to be recovered, before a justice of
the peace, with such process and formal proceedings, and for
such appeal and prayer for jury trial and other rights as nqw
prevail in this county in cases of misdemeanor now punishable
by confinement in the penitentiary; provided, however, that
in case the said fine shall not be paid after the same shall be
imposed by the justice of the peace or the Circuit Court upon
appeal, the same may be collected by the sheriff or any constable
or bailiff of said town by process similar to that by which judg-
ments rendered by justices of the peace are collected, or if the
sentence imposed shall be reaffirmed upon appeal to the Circuit
Court, are collected by the sheriff, and the sentence of the justice
of the peace or the Circuit Court shall be considered as in the
nature of a judgment for the purpose, with the further pro-
vision that any property levied upon in pursuance of this act
shall not be subject to any exemption from execution, and in
case of a second offense and failure to pay such fine in addi-
tion to the above remedy the party committing the same by
permitting the animals to run at large as aforesaid, that in no
case shall the imprisonment be for more than five days in the
county jail of Charles county; and provided, further, that
instead of process in the nature of an arrest, the justice of the
peace shall issue the ordinary process of summons, as in civil
cases, to be followed by process of arrest, however, in case the
party shall fail to appear after summons served upon him. No
hogs shall be kept penned or unpenned for any purpose or be
slaughtered within the limits of the said Town of La Plata;
provided, however, that any person or persons may allow hogs