1454 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [Ch. 790]

horse, mare, gelding, other live stock or vehicle, fail to return
the same to such livery stable keeper or farmer, with intent to
evade the payment of any charges due for the keep or care
of such stock or vehicle, then it shall be lawful at any time
within thirty days from the date of such failure to return
such property, for such livery stable keeper or farmer to follow
and seize such horse, mare, gelding, other live stock or vehicle,
and to sell the same, as provided in the next succeeding section
of this article.

Ibid. sec. 123b.

395. It shall be lawful for such livery stable keeper or
farmer to sell any such horse, mare, gelding, other live stock or
vehicle at public auction for cash in said county, after giving at
least three weeks' public notice of the time, place and terms
of sale in one or more newspapers published in said county
prior to the date of sale, and after deducting the amount due
for the keep and care of such stock or vehicle, together with
all expenses attending such sale, to pay over the surplus, if
any, to the owner.

1896, ch. 91, sec. 123c.

396. Before proceeding to sell such horse, mare, gelding,
other live stock or vehicle, as hereinbefore provided, it shall be
necessary for such livery stable keeper or farmer to state an
account for the keep and care of such horse, mare, gelding, other
live stock or vehicle, and prove the same before a justice of
the peace for Montgomery county, who, upon being satisfied
by proof of demand and refusal or neglect to pay said account
on the part of the owner thereof, shall issue his warrant author-
izing such sale as aforesaid; provided that the proprietor of
such livery stable or farmer shall set up upon his premises in
some conspicuous place, a copy of the foregoing two sections,
printed in large type, and his rates for livery or charges for
grazing or wintering, as the case may be.

ORPHANS' COURT.
P. L. L. 1888, art. 16, sec. 138.

397. The regular terms of the Orphans' Court of said
county shall be held on the second Tuesday of every month
of February, April, June, August, October and December, and
the said court shall, if necessary, be held on the Tuesday of
every week in the year, and oftener if need be, according to
its own adjournment.

Ibid. sec. 139.

398. Any one of the judges of said court shall have power
to hold the said court, at a stated time or adjournment, only