Ch. 31

1997 LAWS OF MARYLAND

Article 19 - Comptroller

[47.

The Governor is authorized and directed to appoint some suitable person or
persons to act as the agent or agents of the State of Maryland in the prosecution of all its
claims against the government of the United States existing prior to the year 1898, and by
written agreement to fix the terms of such employment, the rate of compensation to be
paid the said agent or agents for all their services, work and expenses in connection with
such agency; provided said agent or agents will accept therefor a contingency of such
portion of the moneys actually collected from the government of the United States and
paid by it into the treasury of Maryland, as may be agreed upon with the Governor, not
exceeding thirty percent, thereof, the same to be a full compensation for the work,
services and expenses of all and every kind whatsoever, and no other compensation shall
be received from the State therefor.]

REVISOR'S NOTE: Art. 19, § 47 is repealed as obsolete.

Article 23 - Miscellaneous Companies

[334.

If any corporation incorporated under the laws of this State which is authorized to
acquire by condemnation any land, earth or stone, or any interest therein, cannot agree
with the owner or owners thereof, or if any of the owners be under age, non compos
mentis, or under any other legal disability to contract, or be out of the county in which the
property wanted may lie at the time it is wanted, the corporation may proceed to
condemn under the provisions of Title 12 of the Real Property Article of the Code.]

REVISOR'S NOTE: Art. 23, § 334 is repealed as obsolete and duplicative of
Subtitle U of the Maryland Rules of Procedure.

Article 34 - Estrays - Vessels Adrift - Drift Logs

[1.

The owner or occupant of any enclosure, who may find any horse, hog, sheep, cow
or any other domestic animal, the owner of which is not known, trespassing upon the said
enclosed premises, shall immediately, or within a reasonable time thereafter, cause a
notice to be inserted in some newspaper published in the county where such estray is
taken containing a description of the same and the location of the enclosure upon which
such estray was taken and the name of the owner or occupant thereof, and cause written
or printed copies of such notice to be set up in not less than three public places in the
neighborhood.]

[2.

If there be no newspaper published in the county where such estray shall have been
taken up, or if the value thereof shall not exceed fifteen dollars, the newspaper
publication provided for in § 1 may be omitted; provided written or printed notices be
given as required by § 1 and that the valuation of the estray be ascertained by
appraisement and in good faith by the person taking the same.]

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