ELIHU E. JACKSON, ESQUIRE. GOVERNOR.

thereof before a justice of the peace, the justice
may, under his hand and seal, authorize the
party aggrieved to repair the fence, and for so
doing he shall be reimbursed all costs and rea-
sonable expenses necessarily incurred, to be
recovered from the party so refusing and delay-
ing in the manner debts of a like amount are
recoverable, and shall have a lien on the adja-
cent arable land or farm of the person
who shall have refused or delayed to
make and repair the fence, so as to
secure the reimbursement of the costs
and expenses of such making and repairing, in

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the event of the transfer of the land ; provided
the proceedings to enforce such lien be com-
menced by the party, or his representative, with-
in two years next after such repair shall have
been done.
SEC. 3. Be it enacted by the General Assembly
of Maryland, That if joint fences are not made

Proviso.

and kept in repair according to the provisions of
section one of this act, the party aggrieved or
likely to be injured, instead of pursuing the
remedy prescribed in the preceding section, may
discontinue the said fence upon giving three
months' notice, in writing, to the party refusing
or delaying, his agent or tenant, and in all other
cases (unless by mutual consent) twelve months'
notice shall be required to discontinue any joint
fence.

May discon-
tinue.

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

Approved April 4, 1888.

Effective.

Chapter 388.
AN ACT to add a new section to article fifty-
nine of the Code of Public General Laws, title
"Mandamus."

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assem-
bly of Maryland, That the following section be
and it is hereby added to article fifty-nine of the

Additional
section.