GARRETT COUNTY. 2753

1920, ch. 9, sec. 2.

173. Any owner of improved land in Garrett County, Maryland,
desirous to build fence between him and his neighbor, he shall notify his
neighbor in writing in the presence of one witness, and if the person so
notified shall refuse or neglect to build one-half of such line fence within
sixty days from the date of such notice, the other party may build all of
the fence and charge one-half of the cost thereof to the person or persons
owning the adjoining land, and the amount may be collected in the
same way and manner as other debts.

1920, ch. 9, sec. 3.

174. Where two or more persons owning land in Garrett County,
Maryland, where a line fence is needed, if they mutually agree to build
such a line fence, they may build any kind of a fence that will best suit
their purpose; but where a fence is built and one-half charged to the ad-
joining land owner, it shall be either a standard woven-wire fence not less
than four feet high or a woven wire fence three feet high with two
barbed wires above the woven wire, or a rail fence not less than four feet
high.

P. L. L., 1888, Art. 12, sec. 103. 1878, ch. 108.

175. If any person shall 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 to an action of dam-
ages for the injury to the full amount of the actual damages, to be esti-
mated 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
an appraiser in his stead.

P. L. L., 1888, Art. 12, sec. 104. 1884, ch. 172.

176. It shall not be lawful for any person to have, erect, maintain or
permit to stand upon his property, any fence or other obstruction along
the side of any public road in said county, so built as to cause snow to
drift upon said road; and every fence so erected along any such public
road, in places where snow is liable to drift, shall be built in such man-
ner as to admit of the free passage of snow through the same.

P. L. L., 1888, Art. 12, sec. 105. 1884, ch. 172.

177. Any person violating the provisions of the preceding section shall
be fined not exceeding ten dollars nor less than five dollars for every
offence; and each day that such fence or other obstruction shall be main-
tained or permitted to remain shall constitute a separate offence.

P. L. L., 1888, Art. 12, sec. 106. 1884, ch. 172.

178. In all cases where any fence is now in existence along any public
road in said county which causes snow to drift upon such road, the county