DANIEL MARTIN, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR.

1828

mount received from the duties on sales at auction, In his regu-
lar annual report and statement oi the revenues of the state.
Sec. 9. And be it enacted, That so much of the act of

chapter one hundred and eleven, as requires an aucti-
oneer to enter into recognizance with two sufficient sureties
for the payment and satisfaction of claims that may be

charge, or consigned for sale, with reference to property
hereafter to be consigned, be and the same hereby is repealed.

CHAP. 149.

Part of former act

repealed

Sec. 10. And be it enacted, That the sum of thirty
thousand dollars in which an auctioneer, appointed under
the act of December session eighteen hundred and twen-
ty-seven, chapter one hundred and eleven, is required,
by the fourth section of the said act, to enter into recogni-
zance, with two sufficient sureties, be and the same hereby
is reduced to ten thousand dollars, and that so much of the

is repealed; Provided nothing herein contained, shall ope-
rate to affect any recognizance heretofore entered into.

Recognizance un-
der former act re-

duced

Sec. 11. And be it enacted, That the annual report of the
mayor and city council of Baltimore, required by the twenty-
second section of the act to which this is a supplement, to be
made on or before the first day of January in each and eve-
ry year, may be made on or before the twentieth clay of
January hereafter, any thing in said section, or in any law
of this state, to the contrary notwithstanding.

Annual report of

mayor, &c

CHAP CXLIX

An Act to repeal certain parts of Acts therein mentioned,
and for other purposes.

Passed Mar 10, 1829

Sec. 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Ma-
ryland, That it shall be lawful for the owner or possessor
of any land or ground, within five miles of the bounds of the
city of Baltimore, to seize and impound, or cause to be
seized and impounded, any hog or other swine, found tres-
passing on such land or ground, and the same to retain for
such period as the person so trespassed on may think pro-
pen giving such swine, while so impounded, necessary food
and drink; unless the owner of such swine shall pay, or
tender, to the person so trespassed on, or to his agent having
charge of, or being on, the land or ground trespassed on,
the sum of fifty cents for each hog, or other swine, and also
ten cents per day for every day every such hog, or other
swine, shall have been so impounded and fed, up to and in-
cluding the day of such tender of payment.

Swine trespassing
be impounded

Sec. 2. And be it enacted, That any person damaged by
any trespass committed by any hog, hogs, or other swine,
so impounded as aferesaid, to a greater value than fifty cents,

Persons damaged

by such trespasses,

to recover amount

thereof