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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

SECTION ... Be it enacted, That all farms, forest

and other lands in the third election or Vienna

district, and in that part of the first election or

Fork district lying on the west side of the north-

west fork of the Nanticoke river in Dorchester

county, shall be fenced with post and rails, logs

How fenced.

or worm fences well staked and ridered and made

of good and substantial materials; the said worm

and log fences shall be at least four feet high from

the ground to the upper rail or log, and the space

between the said rails or logs, for eighteen inches

from the ground, shall not exceed four inches, and

for the balance of the fence shall not exceed six

Height of

inches; the planks and all post and rail fences

feneces.

shall be not less than three feet and eight inches

high, and the first plank or rail thereof shall be

not more than four inches from the ground; the

space between the second plank or rail shall not

exceed tive inches, and there shall not be a space

between any plank or rail exceeding eight inches;

and if any live stock of any kind or description

whatever shall break into any persons enclosure,

the same beingthc height und sufficiency aforesaid,

then the owner or owners of such stock shall be lia-

Make good all
damages.

ble to make good all such damages to the owner or

owners of such enclosure as shall be found and

awarded by two or more judicious persons, to be

appointed by any justice of the peace in and for

the said election districts, the said persons to view

the same under oath and make return before the

justice of the peace by whom they were ap-

pointed; and the said damages may be recovered

How recov-
ered.

in the same manner as is now, or hereafter may

be provided by law, for the recovery of small

debts, together with the cost of the proceedings,

including a fee of fifty cents to each assessor

appointed by the justice to assess said damages,

and also including a reasonable compensation to

the owner or owners so trespassed upon for the

keeping of such trespassing stock; if it shall be

Impounded
stock.

impounded, the same also to be found under oath

by the assessors to be appointed as aforesaid; and

any owner of such alleged trespassing stock or

owner of such land so as aforesaid trespassed upon,

shall have the right of appeal to the Circuit Court