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1588 PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY. [ART. 17

guilty of a misdemeanor, and on conviction thereof before any
justice of the peace in said county, shall be fined not less than
five nor more than twenty dollars, and on refusal to pay said fine,
shall be committed by such justice of the peace to the jail of the
county until the same is paid.

1884, ch. 190.

136. The fines collected under the preceding section shall be
paid by the officer collecting the same to the school commis-
sioners of the county, for school purposes.

Ibid.

137. Any constable of said county, or the sheriff thereof, who
shall refuse to arrest any person violating any provision of sec-
tion 135, upon information of such offence, shall be deemed
guilty of a misdemeanor, and on conviction thereof before the
circuit court for said county, shall be fined not less than twenty
nor more than fifty dollars, and shall forthwith be discharged!
from office.

FENCES.

1880, ch. 289.

138. All division fences between the lands of different pro-
prietors in Prince George's county, which may be necessary for
their mutual protection, shall be made and repaired at the joint
and equal expense of the parties interested.

Ibid.

139. All such division fences, if made of post and rails, or
plank, or with caps and stakes, shall be four feet and a half high;
all worm division fences shall be five feet high, made of good
and sound rails, staked and ridered, and substantially built; but
no person shall be required to fence against swine.

Ibid.

140. If either of the parties shall refuse or neglect to make or
keep in good repair his portion of said division fence after twenty
days' notice shall have been given to him, his agent, tenant or
representative, by the person aggrieved, the person so aggrieved

 

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