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LAWS OF MARYLAND.
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ELECTIONS.
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27. Garrett county is divided into nine election
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Election dis-
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districts according to their present bounds and limits,
and elections for public officers shall be held in each
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of said districts at the places hereintofore established
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by law.
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28. The judges and clerks of election in said
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Judges and
clerks of elec-
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county shall each receive two dollars per day for
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tion per diem.
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each election and making returns thereof.
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ESTRAYS.
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29. The provisions of article thirty-six of the Code
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of Public General Laws of this State and the amend-
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Pro visions of
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ments thereto made by the act of General Assembly,
passed at its session of eighteen hundred and seven-
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Art. XXXVI.
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ty-four, chapter three hundred and fifteen, are hereby
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declared to be applicable to and in force in Garrett
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county, except where inconsistent with the provisions
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of this article.
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FENCES.
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30. All fields and other grounds kept for enclos-
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Shall be
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ure in Garrett county, shall be fenced with post and
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fenced.
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rail, or plank or worm fences, made of good and sub-
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Height.
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stantial rails, at least four feet high from the ground
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to the top of the upper rail, and all worm fences not
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staked and ridered, shall be at least five feet high to
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the top of the upper rail, and the first or under rail
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in post and rail, or plank, or worm fences, shall not
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exceed five inches from the ground or embankment
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on which the same is or may be built, and the width
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between the rails or planks comprising the fence,
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shall be such as is usual in the construction of good
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post and rail, plank or worm fences, and all brush
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fences made upon the ground, to be at least four feet
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high, and all brush fences made upon an embank-
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ment to be at least three feet high, provided the em-
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bankment be eighteen inches high ; and provided
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that nothing contained in this act shall be so construed
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as to extend to other than, outside fence or fences be-
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tween proprietors ; and if any live stock of any kind or
description whatever, shall break into any person's en-
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