WM. T. HAMILTON, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR.

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Chapter 163.

AN ACT to repeal section one of article thirty-six

of the Code of Public General Laws of Maryland,

title " Estrays and Vessels Adrift," as the same

was amended by the act of eighteen hundred and

seventy-four, chapter three hundred and fifteen,

and to repeal sections two and three of the same

article as they were amended by the act of eigh-

teen hundred and sixty-eight, chapter one hun-

dred and seventy, and enact the following in lieu

thereof.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assem-

bly of Maryland, That section one of article thirty-

six of the Code of Public General Laws, title

" Estrays and Vessels Adrift," as the same was

amended by the act of eighteen hundred and sev-

enty-four, chapter three hundred and fifteen, and

Repealed and
enacted in lieu

sections two and three of the same article as they

were amended by the act of eighteen hundred and

sixty-eight, chapter one hundred and seventy, be

and the same are hereby repealed, and the follow-

ing sections enacted in lieu thereof:

SEC. 2. The owner or occupant of any enclos-

ure who may find any horse, cow, sheep, hog or

other domestic beast trespassing on the said enclosed

property may deem the same an estray, and shall

immediately, or within a reasonable time thereafter,

cause to be inserted in some newspaper published in

Advertise

the county where such estray shall have been taken

estray.

up, once a week for two successive weeks, a notice of

such estray, with a description of the same, and the

location of the enclosure on which said estray was

taken up, and the name of the owner or occupant

thereof, and shall cause written or printed copies of

such notice to be set up in not less than three of

the public places in the neighborhood.

SEC. 3. If there be no newspaper published in

the county where said estray shall have been taken

up, or if the value of said estray shall not exceed

Ret up written
or printed no-

ten dollars, the newspaper publication provided for
in the foregoing section may be omitted; provided,

tices.

that written or printed notices be set up as required