1826.

JAWS OF MARYLAND,

CHAP. 109.

Penalty for asking
more than had
been purchased

been made, and cut down and carry away the quantity of tim-
ber purchased by them as aforesaid.
3. And be it enacted. That if any purchaser shall be guilty of
cutting, taking and carrying away, from off said lands, a greater
quantity of timber than has been purchased at any sale made as
aforesaid, for every such offence he, she or they, shall, upon con-
viction, forfeit and pay, for every cord of wood or hundred
Cence rails so cut, taken and carried away, over and above the
quantity purchased at such sale, the sum of ten dollars, to be re-
covered before a justice of the peace, the one half of which said
sum shall be paid to the informer, and the other half to the own-
er or owners of said land, and shall also be liable to the owner

Proviso

or owners of said land, in such further sum as may be awarded
to him, her or them, in their action for damages; Provided, that
where the damages laid by said owner or owners shall not ex-
ceed the sum of fifty dollars, the same shall be recovered in the
Same manner as other small debts are now by law recovered.

Passed Feb 26, 1827

Allowabce for
crows heads

CHAP. CX.
An Act to encourage the Destruction of Crows in the several Counties there-
in mentioned.

1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That if any person residing in Talbot, Calvert, Prince George's,
or Harford counties, shall bring to any justice of the peace of
the county in which such person shall reside, the head or heads
of any crow or crows, killed after the passage of this act, such
person shall, for every such head, be allowed in the county levy
Of said county the following sums, to wit In Talbot county six
and one fourth cents and in Calvert, six and one fourth cents,
and in Prince George's, six and one fourth cents, and in Har-
ford county, six and one fourth cents, for each head; and the
justice of the peace before whom such head or heads shall be
brought, is hereby required to give the person or persons bring-
ing the same, a certificate thereof, and cause the said head or
heads to be burnt, or otherwise to be destroyed, in the presence
of person or persons on delivery.

To make oath that
they were killed
in county

2. And be it enacted, That no person whatsoever shall be
entitled to any allowance for any such head or heads without
first making oath, or affirmation, as the case be, that such crow
or crows were taken and killed in the county where such certi-
ficate is applied for, since the passage of this act, and that no
certificate hath been obtained from any other justice of the peace
for the same; and that it shall be the duty of each and every
justice of the peace, before whom such head or heads may be
Brought by virtue of this act, to take and receive the oath, or
affirmation, of the party bringing the same, free and clear from
all charges against the person or persons making such oath, or
affirmation, any thing in any law to the contrary notwithstand-
ing,