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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

CHAPTER 60.

AN ACT to amend article ten of the Code of Public Local Lavs,

title "Dorchester county," sub-title "Trespass," by adding cer-

tain sub-sections thereto.

SECTION 1. And be it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-

land, That article ten of the Code of Public Local Laws, title

Amend.

"Dorchester county," sub-title "Trespass," be and the same is

hereby amended by adding the following sub-sections to section

two hundred and ninety-seven of said article.

SUB-SECTION 1. Any person or persons who shall wilfully and

maliciously enter upon the enclosed lands of another with intent

to annoy or disturb, or provoke to a breach of the peace the owner

or owners, occupant or occupants thereof, or who shall wilfully

enter upon or cross the enclosed land of another after being fore-

Trespass.

warned by the owner or owners, occupant or occupants, of said

land, from entering upon or crossing the same, by notice either

in person or by written or printed posters placed in at least five

conspicious places upon said land, shall be deemed guilty of a

misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof before a justice of the

Fine.

peace, or in the circuit court for Dorchester county, shall be sen-

tenced to pay a fine of not less than one dollar nor more than

twenty-five dollars and the costs of prosecution, and to stand com-

mitted to the jail of said county until such fines and costs are

paid, or for a term therein not exceeding thirty days, in the dis-

cretion of the court or justice trying the same.

SEC. 2. Any person or persons who shall wilfully or maliciously

leave open any private or farm gate by which any growing crop

or crops become exposed to damage by the entrance of stock of

any kind thereon, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and

Misdomea

upon conviction before a justice of the peace or in the circuit

nor

court for Dorchester county, shall be sentenced to pay a fine of

not less than five dollars nor more than fifty dollars and the costs

of the prosecution, and stand committed to the jail of said county

until such fines and costs are paid, or for a term therein not ex-

ceeding sixty days, in the discretion of the court or justice trying

the same.

Effective.

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

the date of its passage.

Approved February 26, 1890.