HENRY LLOYD, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR.
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AN ACT to repeal chapter two hundred and
sixty-seven of the acts of eighteen hundred
and sixty-two, entitled "An act to add new
sections to article five, of the Code of Public
Local Laws for Calvert county, for the set-
tlement of disputes growing out of joint
division fences, and the trespassing of stock
in said county," and to re-enact the same
with amendments.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General As-
sembly of Maryland, That chapter two hun-

dred and sixty-seven of the acts of eighteen
hundred and sixty-two, entitled "An act to add
new sections to article five of the Code of
Public Local Laws for Calvert county, for the
settlement of disputes growing out of joint
division fences, and the trespassing of stock
in said county," be and the same is hereby re-
pealed and re-enacted as follows :

SECTION 1. And be it enacted, That all owners
or proprietors of lands in Calvert county who
may have such lands lying contiguous to or

Repealed and
re-enacted.

adjoining other lands belonging to different
owners or proprietors, shall make and keep in
repair division fences, to bound and enclose
said lands at their joint expense, unless said
lands are not cultivated and have been used
as general outlets or commons.

SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That all such joint
division fences shall be substantially built,

Division
fences.

and if made of iron, wire, stone, hedge, post
and rail or plank, shall be four and a half feet
high, but if made of cap and stakes, or stake
and rider, commonly called worm fences, said
fences shall be five feet high.

SEC. 3. And be it enacted, That if either
party, his tenant, overseer, or other representa-
tive, shall refuse or neglect to make or keep

Four and a
half.