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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

SEC. — . If any person having an interest in any

joint division fence shall fail to make or keep in

repair his part thereof, he shall not be entitled to

any damages on account of any trespass through

said part by stock belonging to the other joint

Failure to

owner of said fence; and if he shall kill, maim,

keep in re-

or otherwise injure such stock, upon conviction

pair.

thereof shall pay to the owner of said stock the

full value thereof, with cost of suit; and if such

person be a married woman, she shall be liable

under this section of this act as fully as if she

were a femme sole, and her separate estate shall

be responsible therefor.

SEC. — . In all other cases of trespass by stock,

Entitled to

the party trespassed upon shall be entitled to re-

recover.

cover from the owner or owners of the stock tres-

passing, the amouut of damage done by such tres-

pass, as other debts are now recovered; and in case

the owner of said stock shall be a married wo-

man, she maybe sued therefor, and judgment may
be recovered against her as fully as if she were a

How enforc-

femme sole, which said judgment may be enforced

ed.

by execution against her separate estate ; and the

stock so found trespassing shall be also liable, in

all cases, for the damage committed, and may be

held by the party trespassed upon and damaged

until the full amount of such damage, and the

cost of keeping or impounding such stock is paid;
and the judgment rendered for such damage shall

be a lien upon said stock so found trespassing

from the date of said trespass, which said lien

shall not be affected or destroyed by any aliena-

tion, sale or other transfer of said stock subse-

quent to the date of said trespass.

Inconsistent

SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That all acts or parts

acts repealed.

of acts inconsistent with this act be and the same

are hereby repealed.

SEC. 3. And be it enacted, That this act shall

Effective.

take effect from the date of its passage.

Approved April 10, 1880.