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pounded, after any swine so impounded shall be adver-
tised by notice in writing, set up at two of the most
public places in the election district wherein such swine
may have been impounded.

197. If any swine shall remain so impounded for
five days after notice given, as aforesaid, the party so
impounding it or them, may sell the same at public
auction, after five days notice, set up, as provided in
the preceding section, for the payment of costs and
expenses, including the said twenty-five cents per day.

When impoun-
der may sell.

198. All disputes which may arise between the owner
of any swine and the persons so impounding it or
them, shall be determined by a justice of the peace for
said county, who may summon witnesses and decide
the matter in controversy.

Approved April 4, 1870.
In force from and after July 31, 1870.

1870, c. 146 adds the following:

How disputes
between owner
and impounder
determined.

213. It shall not be lawful for stock of any kind
to go at large in Catonsville, Baltimore county, nor
within a circuit of two miles, taking J. C. Sullivan &
Co. 's store as the central point.

1870, c. 146, s 1.
Stock not to run
at large near
Catonsville.

214. It shall be lawful for any citizen to take up
and impound any horse, mule, horned cattle or swine
which may be found going at large, and any person so
taking up and impounding shall notify a justice of the
peace resident within said described limits, who shall
give notice of said impounding by advertisement, set up
at Sullivan's store, describing the stock so impounded,
and that the same will be sold at public auction at some

Ibid s. 2.
May be im-
pounded and
sold.

public place within said limits within four days; pro-
vided, that if the owner of any stock impounded under
this act shall prove to the satisfaction of the justice of
the peace that said stock did not go at large from negli-
gence or want of care on his part, and that due dili-
gence was used to prevent it, the owner shall have
return of the property, on paying all expenses of keep-

Proviso.