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SEC. 23. And be it enacted, That this act shall
take effect from the date of its passage.
Approved April 5, 1888.
Chapter 510.
AN ACT giving the owner or owners of a stal-
lion in Worcester, St. Mary's, Anne Arundel,
Caroline and Wicomico counties, a lien upon
the progeny of said stallion for one year from
the date of foaling of said progeny.
SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assem-
bly of Maryland, That the owner or owners of any
stallion may enter into a contract with the owner
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Effective.
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or owners of any mare pledging the progeny of
such mare by such stallion for the amount of the
service-money of such stallion ; such contract
shall be in writing, signed by the respective
parties thereto, and attested by at least one wit-
ness, and shall be recorded in the office of the
clerk of the county wherein such mare is situ-
ated, among the records of bills of sale, within
twenty days after its date ; and from and after
the date of the record thereof, and for the space
of one year from the date of the foaling of such
progeny, the owner or owners of said stallion shall
have a lien upon said progeny for the amount of
the service-money aforesaid ; and if the said
owner or owners of said mare, without the con-
sent of the owner of said stallion first had and
obtained in writing, shall remove such mare or
foal out of the county where said contract is
recorded, or shall secrete, destroy or sell the
same, he or they shall be deemed guilty of a mis-
demeanor, and, upon indictment therefor and
conviction thereof, shall be fined or imprisoned,
or both, in the same manner and to the sams ex-
tent as provided for offenders against the pro-
visions of sections seventy-five B of article thirty
of the Code of Public General Laws, as enacted
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May enter
into contract.
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