LLOYD LOWNDES, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR.

which it shall have been directed, and the owner or person to
whom the same is consigned cannot be found after diligent
inquiry, or being found and notified of the arrival of such
freight, shall refuse or neglect to remove the same, and pay
the legal charges thereon, for the space of twenty-four hours,
then, upon application by said railroad company, verified by
affidavit, to any judge of the Circuit Court for the county in
which the freight may be, or to any judge of the Supreme
Bench of Baltimore City, assigned to one of the common law
courts of said city, if said freight be in said city, setting forth
the reasons for which said application is made, it shall be law-
ful for said judge to pass an order for the sale of said freight
whenever said judge may deem such sale expedient, on such
terms and notice as the order may prescribe; and the proceeds
of said sale, if there be any remaining over, after payment of
the expenses incident thereto and legal charges, including cost
of the keep of such live stock or cost of storage on said freight,
shall be paid to the owner or consignee of said freight on
demand.

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SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That this act shall take effect;
from the date of its passage.

Approved April 2, 1896.
CHAPTER 297.,

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact with amendments Sections
139, 139 A and 139 B, of Article 7, of the Code of Public
Local Laws, title "Carroll County," sub-title "Sheriff."

Effective.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-
land, That sections 139, 139 A. and 139 B, of Article 7, of the
Code of Public Local Laws, title "Carroll County;'' sub-title
"Sheriff," be and the same are hereby repealed and re enacted
with amendments, so as to read as follows :

Repeal.

139. The Board of County Commissioners of Carroll county
are authorized and directed to levy for and pay to the sheriff
of Carroll county, annually, in equal monthly payments, the
sum of twenty-five hundred dollars, which sum shall be in full
for .all claims of said sheriff against Carroll county or said
Board of County Commissioners, for his care, labor, responsi-
bility and expense in discharging the duties of his office,
including the keeping safe in jail, the prisoners committed to

Salary of
sheriff.