JOHN LEE CARROLL, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR. 41

	CHAPTER 41.
	AN ACT to prevent horses, mules, horned cattle,
	swine and geese from running at large in Tow-
	sontown, Baltimore county, or within the neigh-
	borhood thereof.
	SECTION 1. Be it enacted, by the General Assembly
	of Maryland, That it shall not be lawful for any	Not lawful to
	person to allow his, her or their stock, of any kind,	run at large.
	including horses, mules, horned cattle and swine, or
	geese, to go at large unattended in Towsontown,
	Baltimore county, nor within a circuit of one mile
	and a half around said village, taking Willis's drug
	store, at the corner of Chesapeake avenue and the
	Baltimore and Torktown turnpike, as the central
	point.
	SEC. 2. Be it enacted, That any person who may
	find any horse, mule, horned cattle, swine or geese,
	going at large and unattended by a keeper, within the
	limits prescribed in the first section of this act, may
	impound the same, or report the fact to some constable	May im-
	or deputy sheriff of Baltimore county, who shall	pound.
	impound the same under the penalty of two dollars	Penalty.
	for each head of stock or lot of geese he may neg-
	lect to impound upon information given to him ; and
	the constable or other person impounding any stock
	or geese shall, within twenty-four hours after im-
	pounding, post up in at least three public places	Post up
	within the limits above prescribed, a written or
	printed description of the stock, swine or geese im-
	pounded, which written description shall contain a
	notice that if the owner or owners of the same do
	not claim it or them within five days from the date
	of posting such notice, the stock Or geese impounded
	will be sold to pay costs of impounding and damages.	Be sold.
	SEC. 3. And be it enacted, That if the owner of
	any stock or geese impounded shall claim the same
	before a sale thereof, such owner shall pay to the
	person impounding one dollar for each horse, mule,
	hog or head of cattle, and each lot of geese contain-
	ing two or more, as a fee for the person impounding, and one dollar per head for each day or part of day	Fee for im- pounding.
	they may have been kept, and all costs of advertising,