82 ALLEGANY COUNTY. [ART. 1.

P. L. L, (1860,) art 1, sec. 167.

235. Any person may redeem said horses, hogs, sheep, or
horned cattle, by paying the damages aforesaid and all costs
arising on the same before the sale thereof.

Ibid. sec. 168.

236. Any person making a sale under the provisions of sec-
tion 234 of this artice, shall return to a justice of the peace of
the county, a statement setting forth the number of horses, hogs,
sheep and black cattle sold, and the amount sold for, ond after
deducting the damages and costs, shall pay over the surplus to
the said justice, to be retained by him for the use of the original
owner of such horses, hogs, sheep, and black cattle; and if any
remain unsold, they shall be considered ond treated as estrays
under the laws of this State.

Ibid. sec. 169.

237. If any person residing in Allegany county shall claim
any right and ownership to any horse, hog, sheep, or black cattle
distrained as aforesaid, he shall, before some justice of the peace
of the county, make oath that the same is bona fide his property,
and that he did not acquire right thereto for the purpose of
defeating the aforegoing provisions of this sub-title of this article;
and on making such oath, the justice shall certify the same under
his hand and seal; and the owner, on presenting said certificate
to the person having made the distress, shall be entitled to the
property taken.

WEIGHTS AND MEASURES.

1872, ch. 139

238. The standard of weights and measures of Allegany
county shall be in the custody of the county commissioners, who
shall either place them in charge of their clerk or of a keeper
annually appointed by them.

Ibid.

239. If the clerk has charge of said standard, he shall, on
application at his office, try, correct, brand, make and stamp
weights and measures thereby, and shall receive ten cents for