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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

Certified

setting forth in such advertisement the certified copy

copy.

of the justice of the peace, giving the natural and
artificial marks of said horses, hogs, sheep or black

cattle.

May ledeem.

68. Any person owning, or having a partial own-
ership in said horses, hogs, sheep or black cattle,
may redeem the same at any time before the sale

thereof, by paying the damages aforesaid, and all the

costs.

69. Any person making a sale under the provi-

Return to

sions of the aforegoing sections, shall return to a jus-

justice.

tice of the peace of the county, a statement showing

the number of horses, sheep or black cattle sold, and

the amount sold for, and after deducting the dam-

Shall pay

ages and costs, shall pay over the surplus to said jus-

over surplus.

tice to be retained by him for the use of the original

owner of such horses, hogs, sheep and black cattle,

and if any remain unsold they shall be treated as

estrays under the laws of this State.

Shall claim.

70. If any person, residing in Garrett county,
shall claim any right and ownership to any horses,

hogs, sheep or black cattle distrained as aforesaid,

he shall, before some justice of the peace of the

county, make oath that the same are bona fide his

Did not ac-

property, and that he did not acquire said right to,

quire.

or ownership therein, for the purpose of defeating

or evading the provisions of the aforegoing sections,

and on his making such oath the justice shall certify
the same under his hand and seal, and the said own-

On present-
ing certificate

er, on presenting said certificate to the person having
made the distress, shall be entitled to have delivered

over to him the property so taken.

TAXES.

No personal

71. Where there is no personal property on any

property.

land in Garrett county, from which taxes may be

made, the tax collector may, if he shall so elect, in-

stead of selling the land under the provisions of the

Sell sufficient
quantity.

general laws of this State, sell a sufficient quantity
of timber suitable for cord wood, fence rails, hoop

poles, shingles, staves, railroad ties, or saw logs, in

one parcel growing on the same acre or contiguous

acres of the land, to pay such taxes.