WILLIAM T. HAMILTON, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR. 437
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fore a justice of the peace of said county, as the
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case may be, and the serving of the summons in
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such suit upon the agent, tenant or other rep-
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resentative, shall be a sufficient service of such
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writ upon the owner; and in case the owner of
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such fence shall be a married woman she shall be
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liable for the amount expended as aforesaid, in the
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repair of the same, and may be sued therefor, and
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judgment may be had against her as fully as if she
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were a femme sole, which said judgment may be
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enforced by execution against her separate estate.
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SEC. — . If the said freeholders shall find that
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the said fence, or any part thereof, the making or
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Repair one-
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repairing of which is sought to be enforced would
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half.
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be of no use or benefit to the party refusing, by
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reason of its lying contiguous to unenclosed or
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waste lands, or for any other reason, they shall so
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report in their award, and no one shall be requir-
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ed to make or repair more than one half of such
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fence as shall be to him necessary; the words
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waste lauds, however, used in this section, shall
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not be construed to mean or include any body or
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How con-
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bodies of wood land forming part or parts of fields
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strued.
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or lots of arable lands, but whenever any such
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fields or lots of arable land as aforesaid are com-
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posed in part of wood land, they shall be enclosed
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as herein before required by this act, as fully as if
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all of said fields or lots of land was arable land.
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SEC. — . Each freeholder who shall be called
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upon to act under the preceding section of this
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Compensa-
tion.
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act shall be entitled to one dollar and fifty cents
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per day for his services.
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SEC. — . Whenever the owner of such division
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fence shall fail to keep in repair his portion of
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said fence according to the provisions of this act,
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the other person aggrieved, or likely to be injured
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by reason of such refusal or omission to keep
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May discon-
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in repair said portion of such fence, may, instead
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tinue.
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of pursuing the remedy hereinbefore provided,
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discontinue the said division fence upon giving
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one months' notice, in writing, to the defaulting
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party, his agent, tenant, or other representative.
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