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belonging to the other joint owner of said fence; and if he
shall kill, maim, or otherwise injure such stock, upon convic-
tion thereof, he shall pay to the owner of said stock the full
value thereof, with costs of suit; and if such person be a mar-
ried woman, she shall bo liable under this Section of this sub-
title of this Article as fully as if she were feme sole, and her
separate estate shall be responsible therefor.

SEC. 7. And be it further enacted, That in all other caacs
of trespass by stock, the party trespassed upon shall be entitled
to recover from the owner of the stock trespassing the amount
of damage done by such trespass as other debts are now recov-
ered; and in case the owner of said stock shall be a married
woman, she may be sued therefor and judgment may be recov-
ered against her as fully as if she were a feme sole, which
said judgment may be enforced by execution against her sepa-
rate estate; and the stock so found trespassing shall be also
liable, in all cases, for the damage committed, and may be held
by the party trespassed upon and damaged until the full amount
of such damage and the cost of keeping and impounding such
stock shall be paid; and judgment rendered for such damage
shall be a lien upon said stock so found trespassing from the
date of said trespass, which said lien shall not be affected nor
destroyed by any alienation sale or other transfer of said stock
subsequent to the date of said trespass.

SEC. 8. And be it further enacted, That if joint fences are
not kept in repair according to the provisions of this Act, the
party aggrieved or likely to be injured instead of pursuing the
remedy prescribed in the said Sections, 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.

SEC. 9. And be it further enacted, That should the owner
of arable land who may be proceeded against under the pre-
ceding Section of this sub-title be a non-resident of the State
of Maryland and have no agent, employee, tenant or repre-
sentative living upon said land, in such case any notice pro-
vided for in said preceding sections may be stuck upon the door
of the principal dwelling house upon said land, and if there
be no such dwelling house, then on some prominent object on
said land.