WILLIAM T. HAMILTON, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR. 355

	SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That the owner or
	owners of any and every horse or mule, of each head
	of cattle, sheep and swine found trespassing under
	this act, shall be made to pay a fine for each offence	Fine for tres-
	per head : for horses, mules and cattle fifty cents,	passing.
	for sheep and hogs twenty cents, to be collected as
	fines, penalties and forfeitures are collected under
	article forty, section one, of the Code of Public
	General Laws.
	SEC. 3. And be it enacted, That any owner or
	owners of stock taken up under this act shall have	Have fair
	the privilege of a fair hearing before any justice of the peace of the election district hereinbefore named.	hearing.
	SEC. 4. And be it enacted, That the fines speci-
	fied in section two of this act shall be paid one-	Fines — how
	fourth to the informer, one-fourth to the constable	disposed of.
	in the case, and the remainder to the board of county
	school commissioners, to be by them applied to the
	public school fund of said county.
	SEC. 5. And be it enacted, That this act shall
	not apply in any case where the owner or owners of
	the stock found trespassing, as above named, shall
	make it appear satisfactorily to the justice of the
	peace in the case that he or they (said owner or	When not to
	owners) cannot justly be held responsible for the	apply.
	trespass, inasmuch as he or they had employed all
	reasonable means to prevent it, and that said tres-
	pass had occurred through some agency over which
	said owner or owners could exercise no control.
	SEC. 6. And be it enacted, That this act shall not
	apply to any stock being driven from point to point	When not to
	on the public roads or public grounds in school dis-	apply.
	trict aforesaid, when such stock be under proper
	guard.
	SEC. 7. And be it enacted, That any one who shall
	be found guilty before any justice of the peace of the county aforesaid, of purposely turning out stock or of opening gates, or in any other way aiding any stock of the character specified in this act to trespass to	Liable to fine
	the extent of a violation of this act, shall be liable
	to a fine of not more than five dollars, to be collected