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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

CHAP. 449.

of the Acts of 1896, be and the same is hereby repealed and
re-enacted, so as to read as follows :

May sue and
be sued,
etc.

Section 22 A. Whenever any insurance company or surety
or bonding company of any kind whatsoever shall have a
duly accredited agent in any county or city of this State
resident therein, and shall become obligated by its policy
or other contract, express or implied, to any resident of any
such county or city, the said company may sue or be sued, on
such policies as other contracts, in the same manner as if
resident in such city or county, by causing process to De-
served on such resident agent, which shall be as effective in
law and equity as if such service had been made on the
president, director or directors of such company ; and the
judgment rendered in such case shall have the same force and
effect as other judgments would or could have.
SEC. 2. And be it enacted. That this Act shall take effect
from the date of its passage.
Approved April 8, 1902.

CHAPTER 450.
AN ACT to repeal and re-enact with amendments Sections
sixty-three and sixty-four of Article 9 of the Code of Public
Local Laws, title "Charles County," sub-title "Fences."

Repeal
and re-enact.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of
Maryland, That sections sixty-three and sixty-four of Article
9 of the Code of Public Local Laws, title "Charles County,"
sub-title "Fences," be and the same are hereby repealed and
re-enacted, so as to read as follows :

Action
of trespass,

Section 63. No action of trespass quare clausum fregit in
Charles county shall be adjudged to be maintained or sup-
ported by evidence that the defendant, or any horse, cow, hog
or other domestic animal belonging to him, passed on or over
any waste or unenclosed land in said county, or by proof that
any such animal trod down or ate the grass or herbage or
rooted up or disturbed the soil or earth on any such waste or
unenclosed land, and the defendant in any such action may
plead the general issue and give the special matter in evidence;
provided, however, that this section shall not be in force
within the corporation limits of La Plata.

Horse, hog,
etc., not to be
distrained.

Section 64. No person shall distrain any horse, hog or other
beast damage peasant upon any waste or unenclosed land in
Charles county ; provided, however, that this section shall not
be in force within the corporate limits of La Plata.