ART. 19.] STALLIONS—STATE'S ATTORNEY. 1761

thereof, and for the space of one year from the date of the foal-
ing of such progeny, the owner of said stallion shall have a lien
upon said progeny for the amount of the service money afore-
said ; 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 offen-
ders against the provisions of section 111 of article 27 of the code
of public general laws, title " Crimes and Punishments." This
section shall apply only to the counties of St. Mary's, Worcester,
Wicomico, Caroline and Anne Arundel.

1888, ch. 136, sec. 2.

108. 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 officer, who there-
upon shall seize said progeny and sell the same under the pro-
visions of the code of public general laws regulating sales under
execution from justices of the peace.

Ibid. sec. 3.

109. 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.

1878, ch. 289.

110. The county commissioners may, in their discretion, allow
the State's attorney for St. Mary's county additional compensa-
tion ; but no additional compensation shall be allowed when the
total appearance fees allowed by law to said State's attorney
amount to or exceed, in any one year, the sum of one thousand
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