516 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [Ch. 357]

SEC. 2. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-
land, That any person who may find any horse, mule, cattle,
goats, swine or geese going at large and unattended by a
keeper in said village, may impound the same, or report the
fact to some constable or deputy sheriff, who shall impound
same, under the penalty of two dollars for each head of stock
or lot of geese he may neglect to impound, upon information
given to him; and the constable or other person impounding
any stock or geese shall, within twenty-four hours after
impounding, post up in at least three public places within the
limits above prescribed, a written or printed description of the
stock, goats, swine or geese impounded, which written descrip-
tion shall contain a notice that if the owner of the same does
not claim them within five days from the date of posting such
notice, the stock or geese impounded will be sold to pay costs
of impounding and damages.

SEC. 3. And be it enacted by the General Assembly of
Maryland, That if the owner of any stock or geese impounded
shall claim the same before a sale thereof, such owner shall pay
to the person impounding one dollar for each horse, mule, hog,
goat or head of cattle, and each lot of geese containing two
or more, as a fee for the person impounding, and one dollar
per head for each day or part of day they may have been kept,
and all costs of advertising; and in default of paying the same,
or if the owner does not claim the stock or geese impounded
within five days from the time of posting the notice aforesaid,
it shall be lawful for the person impounding to sell the stock,
swine or geese impounded, for cash, at public sale, within said
limits, upon giving four days' notice of the time and place of
sale, by written or printed bills, to be posted in at least five
public places within the above described limits; and from the
proceeds of such sale to deduct the costs and charges herein-
before allowed, the costs of sale and the penalties prescribed
in the succeeding section, and the balance of the sale, if there
be any, shall be paid over to the owner of the stock or geese
sold, if applied for within sixty days from the time of sale.

SEC. 4. And be it enacted by the General Assembly of
Maryland, That the owner of any horse, mule, cattle, goats or
swine, or lot of geese, including two or more, who shall allow
the same to go at large and unattended by a keeper, within
the village of Lansdowne, shall be liable to a fine of two dol-
lars for each horse, mule, head of cattle, goat or swine, or lot
of geese, so allowed to run at large unattended, in addition to
the charges and costs above provided for, to be imposed by a
justice of the peace within the limits aforesaid; and it shall