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upon examination of said account and finding the same to be correct and
within the limits herein provided, shall pay the same to the Sheriff.
Bowie v. Evening News Co., 151 Md. 287.

STALLION.

1888, ch. 136. sec. 1. P. L. L., 1888, Art. 2, sec. 215. 1914 Code, sec. 338.

467. The owner of any stallion may enter into a contract with the
owner of any mare pledging the progeny of such mare by such stallion
for the amount of the service money of such stallion; such contract shall
be in writing, signed by the respective parties thereto, and attested
by at least one witness, and shall be recorded in the office of the clerk of
the county wherein such mare is situated, among the records of bills of
sale, within twenty days after its date; and from and after the date of
the record theerof, and for the space from the date of the foaling of such
progeny, the owner of said stallion shall have a lien upon said progeny
for the amount of the service money aforesaid; and if the said owner of
said mare, without the consent of the owner of said stallion first had and
obtained in writing, shall remove such mare or foal out of the county
where said contract is recorded, or shall secrete, destroy or sell the same,
he shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon indictment there-
for and conviction thereof, shall be fined or imprisoned, or both, in the
same manner and to the same extent as provided for offenders against
the provisions of Section 210 of Article 27 of the Code of Public Gen-
eral Laws, title "Crimes and Punishments." This section shall apply only
to the counties of Worcester, Wicomico, Caroline, Anne Arundel and St.
Mary's.

1888, ch. 136, sec. 2. P. L. L., 1888, Art. 2, sec. 216. 1914 Code, sec. 339.

468. If said service money shall not be paid, the owner of said stallion,
upon applying to some justice of the peace of the State, in and for the
county in which the owner of said progeny resides, and swearing to the
correctness of his claim, shall have issued a writ of fieri facias upon the
said progeny, which writ shall be directed to some constable or other offi-
cer, who thereupon shall seize said progeny and sell the same under the
provisions of the Code of Public General Laws regulating sales under
execution from justices of the peace.

1888, ch. 136, sec. 3. P. L. L., 1888, Art. 2, sec. 217. 1914 Code, sec. 340.

469. After the expenses attending such sale, and the amount of the lien
upon said progeny have been satisfied, the balance, if any, shall be paid
to the owner of such property sold.

STATE'S ATTORNEY.

1902, ch. 452, sec. 2. 1914 Code, sec. 336. 1924, ch. 131, sec. 336.
1927, ch. 26, sec. 336.

470. The County Commissioners of Anne Arundel County shall pay
to the State's Attorney of said county, an annual salary of twenty-five