PUBLK* J.orAli i.AW^. XXXV] I 



days' public notice by the Sheritf or any (joiiKla- 



ble the said Justice may designate, and if the 



(iwner or owners fail to appear after the notice 



lierein re(|uired to be given, the Justice sliall ijro- 



ceed ex parte to hear and determine any ([uestioii p,.,,rci.'ci ct 



of forfeiture, and in all cases arising" under tliis/,(M/e. 



Act there shall be an appeal to tlie Circuit Court 



for Charles county, subject to tlie same law and 



rules that govern in other cases of appeal from 



thu decisions of Justices of the Peace. 



Sec. 7. And hr il macftd. That if the Sherill' 

 or ('onstable, or any citizen or citizens, as })rc- 

 scribed in the first section, making seizure of pro- 

 })erty under tliis Act, does not knoAv the name oi' 

 the owner or pei'son liaving charge tliereof, lie or xame ndi 

 they may describe him in tlie notice re<|uired toi^i^nvn. 

 be given as the owner of tlic pro])erty witlioul 

 naming iiim and tlie Justice it lie does not know 

 the name of the owner, may condemn tlie pro- 

 perty as the })ro])erty of a pei'son guilty of viola- 

 ting the law without naming wueh person. 



Sec. S. And he it (iKicted, That the jiroceeds of 

 the sale of any j)ro])erty forfeited as aforesaid, 

 with all ('(tsts of jiro.secutiou and lines imposed i)i,),o,i!i«m 

 and collected under tiiis Act, shall after paying «!' i"'"-'-''-''!' fi 

 the expenses of the seizure, condemnation and'"^"' 

 sale, be divided one-fourtli to tlie Sheriii' or Con- 

 stable nniking the seizure, onc-fourtlt to those aid- 

 in*;; in making the arrest and seizure, and in case 

 the arrest and seizure is made Avitliout the aid oC 

 an officer, then oiie-iialf to those making the ar- 

 rest and seizure, and in all cases, one-half to the 

 County Commissioners of Charles eountw to '(c 

 ex[)ended in re[)airing the ]iu])lic roads oC s;iid 

 Cfjunty, ;!nd in default of the |)ayment ol" such 

 tines and eosts of arrest and ]»rosccution. the [»e]- 

 sou or ]iersons convicted of the violation of any of 

 the jirovisions of this Act, shall be committed to 

 the county jail for thirt}'' days, unless such iiue 

 and co.sts be sooner ]);ud. 



Sec. IJ. Be it mccteit, That any ]>erson \v!io 

 shall attempt to violate any of the [irovisions of 

 this Act, shall be guilty of a niisdenieaiKn-, and 

 on eonvietioM thereof, shall be dealt with and Coiiriction 

 liuuisbed as if he ha-d viohited said Act ; and Ibo [y,,[p\'i^!;t',; 

 linding ol' any iion-i-esid(Mit of the county iiixm violate."^ 

 ;uiv of tin tributaries of tin' Potomac liivei-. 



