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CHAPTER 319.
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AN ACT to prohibit horses, cattle and other domestic animals
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from going at large on the public roads or streets in the village
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of Liberty, in Frederick county, Maryland, and on the public
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roads within half a mile of the methodist protestant church
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in said village.
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SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
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That it shall not be lawful for horses, cows, calves, bulls, heifers,
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steers or other cattle, sheep, swine or domestic animals of any
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Cattle, &c ,
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kind, to go or beat large in or on any of the public roads or streets
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at large.
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in the village of Liberty, in Frederick county, Maryland, or in or
on any of the public roads of said county within half a mile of
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the methodist protestant church in said village.
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SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That any and every person, or per-
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sons, owning said animals, or any of them, mentioned in the pre-
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ceding section, who shall permit said animals, or any of them, to
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go or be at large on any of the public roads or streets mentioned
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in the preceding section shall be fined not loss than on e dollar nor
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more than five dollars for each offense, on conviction before any
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justice of the peace of said county, and on failure or refusal to
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Penalty.
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pay said fine and the costs of prosecution to the justice of the
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peace before whom said person shall be so convicted, shall be com-
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mitted to the jail of said county and confined therein for not less
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than five days nor more than thirty days; provided, that any per-
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son so convicted shall have the right of appeal to the circuit
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court for said county upon giving bond in a sum to be fixed by
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said justice sufficient to secure the payment of said fine and costs
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and the probable costs in said court, conditioned that if the party
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appealing shall not prosecute his appeal with effect at the next
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term of the circuit court for said county, and also pay and satisfy
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said fines and costs, and the costs in said circuit court in case the
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judgment shall be affirmed, then the said bond to be and remain
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in full force and virtue, otherwise to be of no effect.
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SEC. 3. And be it enacted, That whenever any county constable
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of said county shall find or shall be informed that any of the
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animals mentioned in the preceding sections are going at large in
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