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LAWS OF MARYLAND.
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SEC. 14. And be it enacted, That all documents,
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books and papers belonging to the office of any collec-
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Property of the
county.
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tor are hereby declared to be the property of Wicomico
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county, and at all times shall be subject to the ex-
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amination of the county commissioners.
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SEC. 15. And be it enacted, That all acts or parts
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Inconsistencies
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of acts inconsistent with this act be and the same are
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repealed.
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hereby repealed.
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SEC. 16. And be it enacted, That this act shall take
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Effective.
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effect from and after the date of its passage.
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Approved March 27, 1884.
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Chapter 144.
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AN ACT to regulate the Fences in St. Peter's Dis-
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trict, in Somerset county.
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SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly
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of Maryland, That all fields and other grounds kept
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for enclosure iu St. Peter's district, in Somerset county,
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Enclosures —
how fenced.
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shall be fenced with post and rail, or plank, or with a
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worm fence made of good and substantial rails at
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least four feet high from the ground to the top of the
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highest rail, and the first or under rail, in post and rail,
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or plank, or worm fences, shall not exceed in distance
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five inches from the ground or embankment upon
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which the same may be built, and the width between
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the rails or planks of which the fence may be built
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shall be such as is usual in the construction of fences
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of this kind; and all brush fences made upon the
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Height of
fences.
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surface of the ground shall be at least four feet high,
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and all brush fences made upon an embankment of
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earth thrown up upon the ground shall be at least
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three feet high; the embankment, nevertheless, shall
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be eighteen inches high; and if any live stock of any
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kind or description whatever shall break into any per-
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son's enclosure, the enclosure of which shall be fences
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of the above description and proportions, then the
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Owner liable
for damages.
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owner or owners of such live stock shall be liable to
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make good all such damages to the owner of such
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enclosures as shall be found and awarded by two or
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