478 CALVERT COUNTY. [ART. 6.
 
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CRIER.
1864, c. 240 amends and re-enacts section 29 as follows :
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1864, c. 249.
Pay.
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SEC. 29. The crier of the circuit court for Calvert
county shall be entitled to two dollars a day for
every day he shall attend during the session of said
court with the usual fees allowed by law.
In force from March 10, 1864.
FENCES.
1862, c. 267 adds the following sections to this article :
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1862, c. 267, s 1.
By whom divi-
sion fences
made and re-
paired.
Ibid. s. 2.
How made.
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30. All division fences between the lands of differ-
ent proprietors in Calvert county, which may be
necessary for their mutual protection, shall be made
and repaired at the joint and equal expense of the
parties interested.
31. All such joint division fences, if made of posts
and rails or plank, or with caps and stakes, shall be
four feet and a half high ; all worm division fences
shall be five feet high, made of good and sound rails,
staked and ridered, and substantially built.
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Ibid s 3.
How party com-
pelled to make
or repair
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32. If either party shall refuse or neglect to make,
or keep in good repair, his portion of said division
fence, after twenty days' notice shall have been given
him, his tenant or overseer, by the person aggrieved,
the person so aggrieved may apply to the county
commissioners of said county, who shall, upon proof
of the notice aforesaid, appoint three discreet and
sound judging freeholders of said county, not related
to either party, who shall have full powers to hear
and determine all matters in dispute connected with
said fence.
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Ibid. s. 4
Duty of free
holders.
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33. And the said freeholders, if they, or a majority
of them, find that the making or repairing of said
fences is for the mutual advantage and protection of
both parties, shall apportion to each his just propor-
tion thereof, and mark and bound the same; and
shall make out their award in writing, under their
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