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third person, who shall qualify as above required, and the decision
of any two of them shall be final, and the damages awarded by
them may be recovered in the same manner as small debts.

P. L. L., (1860,) art. 14, sec. 96.

107. Each freeholder who shall be called upon to value and
assess such damages shall be entitled to one dollar per day for

his services.

Ibid. sec. 97.

108. No action of trespass quare clausum fregit shall be
adjudged to be maintained or supported by evidence that any
defendant in such action, or any horse, cow, hog or other domestic
animal belonging to such defendant, passed on or over any waste
or unenclosed land in Kent county, or by proof that any such
animal trod down or ate the grass or herbage, or rooted up or
destroyed the soil or earth on any such waste or unenclosed lands;
and the defendant in any such action may plead the general issue
and give-the special matter in evidence.

Ibid. sec. 98.

109. No person shall distrain any horse, hog or other beast
damage feasant upon any waste or unenclosed land in Kent county.

FISH AND TERRAPINS.

1872, ch. 313.

110. It shall not be lawful for any person, except the bona
fide residents of Kent and Queen Anne's counties, to haul a
seine in any of the rivers, creeks, coves, or other waters lying in
and around said counties, without the permission of the owners
or occupiers of the land bordering on the said waters.

1876, ch. 95.

111. It shall not be lawful for any person, except the bona,
fide resident citizens of Kent and Queen Anne's counties to
dredge for terrapins in any of the waters of said counties. Any
person violating this or the preceding section shall pay a fine of
not less than ten nor more than fifty dollars, and forfeit the boat
or vessel in his possession, together with the seine, tackle, and
all things on board at the time of the offence.