ART. 16. ] PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY. 353
as aforesaid made by said assessors, they may appeal
to the said commissioners, who shall have power and
authority to make such deduction for the valuation of
his or her property as to them shall seem just.
In force and approved March 30, 1888.
1868. c. 462 adds the section following:
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40. From and after the date of the passage of this
act it shall not be lawful for swine to go at large in
the village of Bladensburg, and the bailiff of said vil-
lage may take up and impound any swine which may
be found going at large in said village, and on his
failure or neglect to take up and impound swine so
found going at large, it shall and may be lawful for
any citizen of said village to do so, and any person so
taking up and impounding shall give four days' notice
thereof by advertisement set up at four of the most
public places in the village describing the swine im-
pounded, and that the same will be sold at public auc-
tion at some public place in said village, one-half of the
purchase money to go to the person impounding such
swine, and the other half to the owner, and if no owner
shall claim the said swine on the day of sale, said half
shall go to the commissioners of the village for the use
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1868, c. 462.
Swine
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of said village; provided, that if the owner of any
swine impounded under this section shall prove to the
satisfaction of any justice of the peace residing in said
village, that the said swine did not go at large from
negligence or want of care on his part, and that due
diligence was used to prevent it, the owner shall have
return of the property on paying all expenses of keep-
ing and proving the same, and fifty cents for taking up
each one of such swine.
In force and approved March 30, 1868.
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