LLOYD LOWNDES, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR.

this act shall prove, to the satisfaction of the justice of the
peace, that the said stock did not go at large from negligence
or want of care on his part, and that due diligence was used to
prevent it, the owner shall have return of the property, on
paying all expenses of keeping and proving the same, and one
dollar for taking up each of said stock.

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SEC. 8. And be it enacted, That all moneys arising from
the execution of this act, the justice of the peace shall collect
and pay to the officer taking up and impounding said stock, a
fair compensation for his services, and the balance to the owner
or owners, who may establish his or their claim to said prop-
erty; and in event of no such claimant appearing within
thirty days, then the balance, after deducting costs, shall be
paid into the school fund for Calvert county.

Disposition of
proceeds.

SEC. 4. And be it enacted, That this act shall take effect
from the date of its passage.

Approved March 27th, 1896.

CHAPTER 108.

AN ACT to authorize the Board of Police Commissioners of
Baltimore city to increase the pension of Perry W. Ruth, a
retired policeman of the Police Force of Baltimore city.

Effective.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-
land, That the Board of Police Commissioners for the city of
Baltimore, be and they are hereby authorized and directed to
pay to Perry W. Ruth, a retired policeman of the Police
Force of Baltimore city, who was permanently disabled in the
discharge of his duties, as such policeman, out of the fund in
the hands of said Board of Police Commissioners, known and
accounted for as the special fund, the sum of twelve dollars
per week for his life, in lieu of the sum of six dollars per
week now paid to the said Perry W. Ruth by said Board of
Police Commissioners, under and by authority of an Act of
the General Assembly of Maryland, chapter four hundred and
fifty-nine, Laws of Maryland, eighteen hundred and eighty-six,
entitled "an Act to define a fund of money now in the hands,
or which, under existing laws, may come into the hands of the
Board of Police Commissioners for the city of Baltimore, and
to provide for its application," approved April 7th, eighteen
hundred and eighty-six.

Pension
increased.