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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

and upon failure of any bailiff to perform the
duty required of him in this section he shall for-
feit the sum of ten dollars, to be recovered in the
name of the said commissioners before any jus-
tice of the peace for the said county.
SEC. 11. And be it enacted, That no person shall
permit his swine to run at large within said vil-

To seize swine
at large.

lage, and the bailiff, upon the information of any
person, or upon his own view, shall forthwith
seize all swine found at large therein; and unless
the owner shall redeem the same by paying to
the bailiff the sum of fifty cents for each and
every swine seized, the bailiff shall, after two
days' notice set up at the court-house door, sell
such swine at public sale, the proceeds of which
sale shall be paid by him to the treasurer of said
commissioners.
SEC. 12. And be it enacted, That no person shall
keep or raise any swine in styes, pens, or other

Pens or styes
not allowed.

enclosures in said village, or within two hundred
and fifty yards thereof, and the bailiff of said
village, upon information that any person has
any swine confined in a sty, pen, or other enclo-
sure within said village, or within two hundred
and fifty yards thereof, shall give notice to such
person to remove such sty, pen, or enclosure, and
upon failure to so do, within ten days after such
notice, the person so f ailing shall forfeit the sum
of ten dollars, to be recovered in the name of the
state, use of the commissioners of the village of
Port Tobacco, before a justice of the peace for
Charles county, which amount shall be used for
the improvement of said village.
SEC. 13. And be it enacted, That the commis-
sioners for the county, justices of the peace,

Officers to con-
tinue in power
Levy tax.

sheriff, constables and all other county and state
officers shall have, hold and exercise their offices
and jurisdiction in said town as if this charter
had not been granted; and the commissioners of
Charles county shall appropriate annually one-
half of the tax levied or imposed upon the assess-
able property within the corporate limits of said
village for the improvement of the streets with-
in the corporate limits of said village, and shall
order the county collectors who shall collect the
taxes within said corporate limits to pay said