WM. T. HAMILTON, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR.

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will accept a conveyance of said land so purchased,

Accept con-

and will within a reasonable time after the same

veyance and
build.

is conveyed to them, build, erect and equip thereon

such manufacturing works as shall have been

agreed upon between them and said Mayor and

City Council.

SEC. 7. And be it enacted, That the said Mayor

and City Council of Cumberland may, in their

discretion, decline to submit the proposition con-

tained in this act to the voters of said city as pro-

May decline

vided in section five of this act, and in the event

to submit.

of their determining not to so submit said ques-

tion they shall not exercise any of the powers

vested in them by the first, second, third and

fourth sections of this act.

SEC. 8. And be it enacted, That this act shall take

Effective.

effect from the date of its passage.

Approved May 3, 1882.

Chapter 398.

AN ACT to prevent stock running at large in

that part of district number one, or Fork, lying

on the east side of the northwest fork of the

Nanticoke river, in Dorchester county.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly

of Maryland, That it shall not be lawful for stock

When unlaw-

of any kind to go at large, without attendants, in

ful.

that part of district number one, or Fork, lying

on the east side of the northwest fork of the

Nanticoke river, in Dorchester county.

SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That it shall be lawful

for any person, and it shall be the duty of the

constable of said district number one, or Fork, to

take up any horse, mare or gelding, mule, horned

When lawful.

cattle, swine or other stock which may be found

" running at large, and without attendants, in that

part of said district number one, or Fork, de-

scribed and specified in this act; and the person

or constable so taking up any such stock shall