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bringing large numbers of horses, cattle and hogs, in the up-
per part of Allegany county, and there leaving them to graze
and run at large during the summer season, to the great injury
of the citizens; and it being the duty of the state to protect its
citizens, Therefore,
Sec. 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That from and after the first day of March next, if any person
not a citizen of this state, shall drive, or cause, to be driven, any
horses, black cattle or hogs, into Allegany county, contrary to
the provisions of the act to which this is a supplement, and sutler
them to remain and run at large, and such horses, black cattle
or hogs, shall be found trespassing on the land of any person or
persons, it shall be the duty of any justice of the peace for said
county, on application of the person or persons so aggrieved, on
his, her or their, (as the case may be) making oath, that the
trespass so complained of was committed, to issue his warrant to
the constable of the hundred in which such trespass was commit-
ted, directing him to sell the said trespassing horses, black cat-
tle or hogs, at public sale, to the highest bidder, after giving at
least ten days public notice of such sale, by advertisement set up
at the most public places in said hundred, and the money arising
from such sale to be applied as follows, to wit: one dollar for
each horse, bull, cow, steer, heifer or hog, so sold, to be paid to
the justices of the levy court, to he applied to repairing the pub-
lic roads in said county, the constable retaining for his fee twen-
ty-five cents for each head of horses, black cattle or hogs, so sold,
and shall pay the justice who issued the warrant twelve and a half
cents, and the balance to be paid by the constable to the owner,
when demanded, or it may be lawful for the owner to redeem the
said horses, black cattle or hogs, from the constable, at any time
after such notice being given of his intention to sell as above
mentioned, by paying to the constable the lines, as is directed by
this act.
2. And be it enacted, That if any citizen of Allegany county
shall keep, or cause to be kept, or herd, or cause to be herded,
any horses, black cattle or hogs, for any person not residing in
this state, and suffer the same to run at large in said county, he
shall forfeit and pay twenty-five cents a head per week for each
horse, bull, cow, steer, heifer or hog, so running at large, to be
recovered before a justice of the peace as small debts are recover-
ed out of court, and to go to the use of the informer, with costs
of suit as in other cases.
S. And be it enacted, That any transfer, except a bona fide sale
of any horses, black cattle or hogs, by persons not residing in
this state, to any citizen of Allegany county, with a view to avoid
the provisions of this act, shall be null and void.
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Dec. Ses. 1816
Horses, &c.
driven into
county, and
permitted to
run at large,
to be consider-
ed as trespas-
sing.
Penalty on re-
sidents keep-
ing them for
other persons
and permitting
them to run at
large.
Transfers in
certain cases
to be null and
void.
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