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tion shall be that said oysters were taken or re-

moved by said person from the said waters of the said

Synepuxent bay or its tributaries,' staked off as afore-

said, where said person was found working, and the

burden of proof shall rest upon such person to show

that oysters found in his possession as aforesaid were

not taken or removed from the said waters of the said

Synepuxent bay or its tributaries, staked off as afore-

said, where such person was found working.

SEC. 4. And be it enacted, That this act shall take

Effective.

effect from the date of its passage.

Approved April 8, 1884.

Chapter 305.

AN ACT to repeal sub-section thirty of the acts of

the general assembly, passed at the session of eigh-

teen hundred and seventy-eight, entitled " An act

to add an additional article to the Code of Public

Local Laws, to be entitled ' Garrett county,' sub-

title ' Fences.'"

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly

of Maryland, That sub-section thirty of the acts of

the general assembly, passed at the session of eighteen

Repealed and

hundred and seventy-eight, entitled " An act to add an

re-enacted.

additional article to the Code of Public Local Laws,

to be entitled ' Garrett county,' sub-title ' Fences,' " be

and the same is hereby repealed and re-enacted so as

to read as follows :

SEC. 31. All fields and other grounds kept for en-

closure in Garrett county shall be fenced with post

and rail, or plank or worm fences, made of good and

substantial rails, at least four feet high from the

Height of the

ground to the top of the upper rail; and all worm

fences.

fences, not staked and ridered, shall be at least four

and one-half feet high to the top of the upper rail,

and the first or under rail in post, and rail or -plank

or worm fences, shall not exceed five inches from the

ground or embankment on which the same is or may