JOSEPH KENT, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR.

1826

up and in good repair higher, or their respective proportions
thereof; and if any one of the owners or possessors, upon the
request of the other, shall refuse to make or repair the said
fence or fences, within twenty days after notice given, that
then, upon proof thereof before a justice of the peace, it shall
be lawful for the said justice to order the person aggrieved and
suffering; thereby, to repair the said fence or fences, who shall
be reimbursed his costs and expenses, to be recovered in ther
same manner as is or shall be prescribed by law for the recovery
of debts.

CHAP. 82.

2, And be it enacted, That whosoever, not having their
grounds enclosed with such sufficient fence as aforesaid, shall
impound, hurt, kill or do damage, to any horse, sheep, hogs, or
any kind of caitle, belonging to any other person, by impound-
ing, hunting, or driving them out of or from the said grounds,
shall make good all such damages sustained thereby, to the
owner or owners thereof, as shall be awarded by two respecta-
ble landholders, under their oath, or affirmation, who may view
the same; the said damages to be recovered in the same manner
as is prescribed for tile recovery of damages in the two first
sections of this act

Perform whose
fences are not law-
ful, injuring cat-
tle, &c to pay da-
mages

CHAP. LXXXIII.
An Act for the relief of Mary Snowden, of Cecil County.

Passed Feb. 13, 1827

1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That from and after the passage of this act, the marriage con-
tract between John Snowden and Mary Snowden, is hereby de-
clared to be annulled and destroyed, and the' authority, power
and control, of the said John Snowden, over and to the per-
son and property of Mary Snowden, his wife, shall henceforth
cease and determine; and all the rights which the said John
Snowden acquired by the said marriage contract, and all liabili-
ties for the debts of his said wife arising from the said marriage,
shall henceforth utterly cease and determine; and the said Mary
Snowden is, hereby declared to be divorced from her husband,
John Snowden, as entirely and to as full extent, as if the said
John Snowden were dead, or as if she the said Mary Snowden
had never been joined in matrimony with him.

Divorce granted

2. And be it enacted, That the said Mary Snowden shall be,
and she is hereby declared capable to have, hold, take, receive,
sue for and recover, by compromise, suit or suits in law or equi-
ty, property of any kind, whether real; personal or mixed, in
as full and ample a manner, ai if she were, and had always been
a feme sole, and fof hold, use and enjoy the same, for her own
use and benefit, and the same to dispose of accord in g to her will
and pleasure, without the let, hindrance, molestation, interfer-
ence or consent, of her husband, John Snowden, in as full and
ample manner as if she were, and always had been, a feme
sole, and may in her own name sue and be sued, at law and in
equity.

Mary Snowden to
have and hold pro-
perty as if she
were feme sole

3. And be it enacted, That the aforesaid Mary Snowden be,
and she is hereby declared to be entitled to the custody and
guardianship of her children by her present marriage, during
their minority.

Entitled to guar-

dianship of her
children