ELIHU E. JACKSON, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR.

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CHAPTER 301.

AN ACT to repeal sections one hundred and fifty-five, and one

hundred and fifty-six, of article eight, of the Code of Public

Local Laws of Maryland, title "Cecil county," sub-title

" Fences," and to enact the following sections in lien thereof,

and to add the following new sections to said article to be known

as " sections one hundred and fifty-six A, one hundred and

fifty-six B."

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,

That sections one hundred and fifty-five, and one hundred and

fifty-six, of article eight, of the Code of Public Local Laws of

Maryland, title " Cecil county," sub-title "Fences," be and the

same are hereby repealed and the following sections enacted in

In lieu

thereof.

lieu thereof, and that the following new sections be and the same

are hereby added to article eight, of the Code of Public Local

Laws of Maryland, title " Cecil county," sub-title "Fences," to be

known as " sections one hundred and fifty-six A, one hundred and

fifty-six B."

155. When the lands of any two persons adjoin, each of them

shall make and maintain one-half of the whole length of the line

of fence between them, and if either of said persons shall fail or

neglect to make his proportion of said fence, or to keep or put the

Notice.

game in good repair within thirty days after he shall have been

notified and requested to do so in writing, then the party making

said requests may make or repair said fence at the expense of the

party so neglecting or refusing, and may recover his costs and ex-

penses in the same manner as other debts.

156. Should any person wish to fence in any land which has

hitherto been uninclosed, after having built his proportion of said
fence, he shall give to the party whose land adjoins his land notice

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in writing that he must erect his proportion of said fence within

thirty days; and if the party so notified shall fail to erect his

proportion of said fence the same remedy as given in the preced-

ing section shall apply.

156 A. The fences to be made or kept in repair under the pre-

ceding sections shall be at least four feet high and shall be suffi-

Height of
fence.

ciently close to prevent hogs from passing through the same.

156 B. If any person having an interest in any 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

Liable.

said part by stock belonging to or in charge of the owner of the

other part of said fence; and if he shall kill, maim or otherwise

injure such stock, upon conviction thereof he shall be liable

civilly to the owner of such stock to the extent of his damages,