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tion, and shall also forfeit his right to said stock on account of which
he shall be delinquent; and the said president and directors shall have
power to sell said stock for the use of said corporation, and the pur-
chaser or purchasers of the same shall be considered a stockholder or
stockholders in said corporation, to all intents and purposes; and if any
forfeited share or shares of stock shall not produce on sale, a sum suffi-
cient to discharge the balance due thereon, and the expenses of sale,
the said delinquent stockholder or stockholders shall remain liable
for the balance due to be recovered by suit or warrant for money
had and received as the case may be in which the circumstances of
the case may be given in evidence.

Dec. Ses. 1822

15. And be it enacted, That the said bridge shall be built in a se-
cure and substantial manner, and shall be secured and supported at
each end by good and sufficient abutments, or piers, and there shall
be a draw in the said bridge at the deepest part of the channel, so as
to afford a convenient passage to vessels up and down the said river,
of at least forty feet wide; and the president and directors for the
time being shall keep a sufficient number of hands at all times ready
for the purpose of opening said draw in order to admit vessels to pass
through without delay or interruption, for which no reward shall
be demanded or received: and in case of any neglect, the said presi-
dent and directors may be indicted in Anne Arundel county court,
as for a common nuisance.

How built.

10. And be it enacted, That for and in consideration of the great
risk and expenses to be incurred by said company, not only for
building the said bridge, but for keeping the same in continual re-
pair, the said bridge, when built and completed according to the di-
rections of this act, and all its profits, shall be, and the same are
hereby vested in the said company for ever, to be held as tenants in
Common, in proportion to their respective interests.

Property ves-
ted.

CHAPTER 82.

An act regulating fences in Cecil county.
Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland, That
corn fields and all grounds kept for enclosures, shall be fenced with
a post and rail fence, or worm fence well staked and ridered, made
of good and substantial rails, at least four feet and a half high
from the ground to the top of the upper rail; and all worm fences
not staked and ridered shall be at least live feet high from the ground
to the top of the upper rail, and the first or under rail, either in post
and rail or worm fences, shall not exceed five inches from the ground,
or embankment, or stone wall, as the case may be, on which the same
is or shall be built; and the distance or space between each of the three
lower rails shall not exceed five inches; and all fences made of stone
exclusively, and hedges of thorn close set, shall be at least four feet
and an half high from the ground to the top thereof. And if any
horses, horned cattle, sheep or hogs shall break into any person's en-
closure, the same being of the height and sufficiency aforesaid, then
the owner of such horses, cattle, hogs and sheep, shall be liable to
make good all such damages to the owner of such enclosure, as shall
be found and awarded by two respectable landholders, who may view
the same, under their oath or affirmation made before some justice of
the peace in said county; the said damages to be recovered in the
same manner that is or shall be prescribed by law for the recovery of
debts.

Passed Jan.
29, 1823.
Regulation.