442 ARTICLE 2.

P. L. L., 1888, Art. 2, sec. 136. 1914 Code, sec. 201.

271. All other division fences, if of stone, shall be four feet high from
the surface of the ground; if of posts and wire, or posts and barbed wire
or metallic ribbon, shall be four feet high, and of not less than five wires
or strands, strung as follows: The bottom wire four inches from the sur-
face of the ground, the second ten inches, the third twenty inches, the
fourth thirty-two inches, and the top wire four feet from the surface.
If of wood, or embankment and wood, or hedges, said fences shall be at
least five feet high; and all division brush fences made upon embankment
shall be at least three feet high, aud the embankment, not less than four
feet high.

P. L. L., 1888, Art. 2, sec. 137. 1914 Code, sec. 202.

272. All such division fences shall be kept in good repair, and the
labor and cost of making and repairing the same shall be equally divided
among the parties interested.

P. L. L. 1888, Art. 2, sec. 138. 1914 Code, sec. 203.

273. If either party shall neglect to make or to keep in good repair
his portion of said division fence, after twenty days' notice shall have
been given him by the person aggrieved, the person so aggrieved may
apply to a justice of the peace of the county, who shall, upon proof of the
notice aforesaid, appoint two respectable freeholders living near, and
not related to the parties, whose duty it shall be to examine said fence
and fix the amount necessary to make or repair the one-half thereof.

P. L. L., 1888, Art. 2, sec. 139. 1914 Code, sec. 204.

274. The said freeholders, in case they differ in opinion, shall appoint
a third person as umpire, and they, or the said umpire, if they cannot
agree, shall make out their or his award under their hands and seals, or
his hand and seal, verified by affidavit, and deliver a copy of the same to
the said justice of the peace, and to each party interested, within five
days after making the same.

P. L. L., 1888, Art. 2', sec. 140. 1914 Code, sec. 205.

275. If the party owning that part of the fence required to be made or
repaired by the decision of the freeholders, shall fail to make or repair
the same within thirty days after the service of said award, it shall be
lawful for the party whose portion of the fence is in good order to repair
or make said fence at an expense not exceeding that fixed by the award.

P. L. L., 1888, Art. 2, sec. 141. 1914 Code, sec. 206.

276. As soon as the fence or fences shall be so made or repaired, and so
certified by the freeholders aforesaid, or any one of them, such person
shall be entitled to recover from the party neglecting or refusing as afore-
said the amount expended, in the same manner as other debts.