2182 WORCESTER COUNTY. [ART. 24.

1878, ch. 443.

257. They shall have power to extend or otherwise change the
limits of said town, whenever they shall deem it expedient.

Ibid.

258. They may pass all ordinances necessary to give effect
and operation to the powers vested in them.

Ibid.

259. All ordinances enacted by them shall be immediately
made public by printed handbills posted in not less than five con-
spicuous places in said town.

STALLIONS.

1888, ch. 516.

260. The owner of any stallion may enter into a contract with
the owner of any mare pledging the progeny of such mare by
such stallion for the amount of the service money of such stal
lion; such contract shall be in writing, signed by the respective
parties thereto, and attested by at least one witness, and shall be
recorded in the office of the clerk of the county wherein such
mare is situated, among the records of bills of sale, within twenty
days after its date; and from and after the date of the record
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 Worcester, Wicomico,
St. Mary's, Caroline and Anne Arundel.

Ibid.

261. If said service money shall not be paid, the owner of
said stallion, upon applying to some justice of the peace of the