1942

FREDERICK COUNTY.

SURPLUS REVENUE.
1837, ch. 305, ante page 1714, 'Baltimore County,' title 'Surplus
Revenue.9

WITNESSES.
See title 'Jurors,' ante page 1924.

WOLVES.
AN ACT for the destruction of Wolves in Frederick County. — 1798, ch. 22.

Preamble.

WHEREAS, it is represented to this general assembly, that
wolves are very numerous and mischievous in the county
aforesaid, and that they destroy a great number of sheep;
therefore,

Justice to
give a certi-
ficate, &c.

SEC. 2. Be it enacted, by the General Assembly of Maryland,
• That when and as often as any free person or persons shall
bring before any justice of the peace for Frederick county
the head or heads of any wolf or wolves, and make oath, or
affirmation if a quaker, menonist or tunker, that the wolf or
wolves of which he or they produce the head or heads were
actually caught and killed within the limits of Frederick
county within six days next before the producing of the same
to such justice, that then such justice shall and he is hereby
authorized and directed to give such person or persons produ-
cing the same a certificate for such head or heads produced
and proved as aforesaid, and in such certificate to mention the
oath or affirmation tukcn, and therein distinguish how many of
the heads are of old or young wolves; and every justice who
shall have any wolves' head or heads brought before him by
any person or persons as aforesaid, shall be and he is hereby
authorized and empowered to judge of the age of the said wolf
or wolves of which the said head or heads was brought before
him, and if such justice shall believe the age of such wolf or
wolves to exceed six months, that then he shall distinguish it
in his certificate by the words Old Wolf or Wolves, but if he
shall believe the said wolf or wolves to be under the age of
six months, that then he shall distinguish the same in his cer-
tificate by the words Young Wolf or Wolves, and that every
justice before whom any wolf's head is brought, and by whom
a certificate shall be given as aforesaid, is hereby authorized
and directed immediately to cause the ears to be cut off, and
the tongue to be taken out of and from the head or heads
of such wolf or wolves, to prevent such head or heads from
being a second time carried before a justice in order to obtain
a certificate.

To be al-
lowed, &e

SEC. 3. And be if enacted, That every person or persons
who shall produce a certificate as aforesaid to the justices of