Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1881-06-22
v.a,lcaster fntelliqerlrer.
Germantown telegraph.

Oerm8nUOwn VCle&rUp0.
The following act passed the Legisla-
ture On the 9th inst, in regard to tres,
passing upon farms, gardens, &C., ana
being signed by the governor is now law.
It supersedes other imperfect laws upon
tho subject. 1t will doubtless meet the
approval OF every owner of property and
every good citizen, whether he il prop
erty.hOlder or not. And now that its
provisions are in full accord with public
sentiment, We recommend every person
suffering from trespassers, which is one OF
the greatest nuisances and evils to which
property owners are subjected, to execute
tho laws against all who wilfully trespass
upon their premises for improper pur-
poses. The following are the provisions :
SECTION 1. That any person or persons
who shall wilfully enter or break down,
through or over any field, orchard, garden
or yard fence, bot-bed or greenhouse, or
who shall wrongfully club, stone, cut,
break, bark or otherwise mutilate or dam
age any field, crop, nut, fruit or ornamen-
tai tree, shrub, bush, plant or vine trellis,
arbor, hot-bed, hot or greenhouse. or who
shall trample or in anywise injure any
grain, grass, vines, vegetables, or other
growing crop, or who shall wilfully take
or carry away any grain, corn, rye, wheat,
or other field crop, fruit, vegetables,
plants, fruit or ornamental trees, vines OF
shrubs. whether the same be attached to
the soil or not, shall subject said person or
persons to a penalty of not less than five
nor more than fifty dollars for each and
every offence.
SEC. Amy justice of the peace OF
alderman, upon information or complaint
made to him by the affidavit of one or more
perso - of the violation of said act by any
person or persons, shall issue his warrant,
directed to any constable or police officer,
to cause such person or persons to be ar
rested and brought before said justice or
alderman, who shall hear and determine
the guilt or innocence of such person or
persons SO charged, and if convicted of
said offence or offences shall be sentenced
to pay the said penalty aforesaid attached
to said violations, with costs, One-half to
90 to the party or parties injured to pay
for damages sustained, and the remain
ing one half 20 the school fund of the dis
trict in which said offenc, was committed.
Proriied, That tho defendant or defen-
dants on refusing to pay at once said
penalty, shall be committed to the COM
mon Jail Of the said county for a period
of not less than one day for each dollar of
penalty imposed, unless the defendant or
defendants enter into rccognizance with
good security to answer said complaint on
q charge of misdemeanOr before the quar-
ter sessions Of the peace of tho county in
which the offence is committed, which
court, ON conviction of the offence SO
charged and failure to pay the penalty i'm
posed by this act with costs, shall commit
said defendant or defendants to the COM
mon Jail of the county for period not
less than one day for each dollar Of penalty
imposed.
SEC. ;.-All acts or parts of acts here
tofore passed and inconsistent herewith
arc hereby repealed.
This is plain and TO the point, and is
precisely what has long been needed:
Farmers. gardeners, nurserymcn and
owners of property generally, have never
had that protection in tho security and ell
jOymcnt OF their property that they had Il
just right to demand, and which has al
ways been conceded to and provided for
the owners of other property.