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	which shall thereupon have and be entitled to ex-
	ercise all the rights, powers, privileges and franchises
	conferred or authorized by the charter of the said
	City Park Railway Company, subject to the obliga-
	tions of the said last mentioned company ; provided
	that such assignment shall receive the assent or rati-
	fication of a majority of the stockholders of each of
	the said companies at any general meeting thereof.
	SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That this act	Effective.
	shall take effect from the date of its passage.
	Approved April 10, 1880.

	CHAPTER 289.
	AN ACT to add new sections to article sixteen
	of the Code of Public Local Laws for Prince
	George's county, for the settlement of disputes
	growing out of joint division fences, and the
	trespassing of stock in said county.
	SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland, That the following sections be ad-	Sections add- ed.
	ded to article sixteen of the Public Local Laws for
	Prince George's county.
	SEC. — . That all division fences between the
	lands of different proprietors in Prince George's county, which may be necessary for their mutual	Division fen-
	protection, shall be made and repaired at the joint and equal expense of the parties interested.	ces.
	SEC. — . All such division fences, if made of
	post and rails, or plank, or with caps and stakes,
	shall be four feet and a half high; all worm di-	Height of
	vision fences shall be five feet high, made of good	fences.
	and sound rails, staked and ridered, and substan-
	tially built; provided, however, that no person
	shall be required to fence against swine.