Chap. 32.—An ACT to‘abate the rigors of the fence law on the line of
two counties, one only of which has adopted its provisions.

Approved. January 20, 1877.

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly, That it any case
where one only of two adjoining counties may have adopted,
or may hereafter adopt, the provisions of the act of January
twenty-six, eighteen hundred and sixty-six, entitled an act
relating fo fences and for the protection of crops; and any
animal named in said act shall escape across the line or
boundary of the two counties, the owner thereof shall not
be liable to fine, as now provided by law, nor for any trespass
committed by such animal upon the lands lying next such
line or boundary, nor to a forfeiture of the animal, unless the
lands upon which the trespass is alleged to have been com-
mitted shall have been enclosed, as provided in the first sec-
tion of chapter ninety-seven of the Code, edition of eighteen
hundred and seventy-three.

2. All acts and parts of acts inconsistent with this act are
hereby repealed.