ART. 3. ] BIRDS AND GAME—CATONSVILLE. 181

1888, ch. 134.

13. No justice of the peace shall be entitled to any fee or
reward for the taking of such oath or the issuing of such certifi-
cate.

Ibid.

14. The county commissioners of Baltimore county are author-
ized and empowered, in their discretion, if they think proper, to
pay said sum of fifty cents for each and every hawk, as shown in
said certificate to have been killed within the limits of Baltimore

county.

CATONSVILLE.

1870, ch. 146.

15. It shall not be lawful for stock of any kind to go at large
in Catonsville; and any citizen may take up and impound any
horse, mule, horned cattle or swine which may be found going

-at large in said town; and any person so taking up and impound-
ing shall notify a justice of the peace resident therein, who shall
give notice of said impounding by advertisement set up in some
conspicuous place in the town, describing the stock so impounded,
and that the same will be Bold at public auction at some public
place within said limits within four days; provided, that if the
owner of any stock impounded under this section shall prove to
the satisfaction of the justice of the peace that said stock 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 keeping and proving
the same, and one dollar for taking up each of such stock.

Ibid.

16. Of all monies arising from the execution of the preced-
ing section, the justice of the peace shall collect and pay to the
party taking up and impounding said stock a fair compensation
for his services, and the balance to the owner, who may establish
his claim to said property; and in the event of no such claimant
appearing within thirty days, then the balance, after deducting

costs, shall be paid into the school fund of Baltimore county.