﻿Decree 
  for- 
  

  

  99 
  

  

  offenders, 
  the 
  said 
  Judge 
  or 
  Justice 
  of 
  the 
  

   Peace 
  shall 
  impose 
  a 
  tine 
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  the 
  oflt'ender 
  or 
  

   offenders 
  of 
  not 
  less 
  tlian 
  tift}" 
  dollars 
  nor 
  more 
  

   than 
  two 
  hundred 
  dollars, 
  or 
  imprisonment 
  in 
  

   the 
  House 
  of 
  (^orre(;ti()n 
  for 
  not 
  less 
  than 
  three 
  

   months, 
  nor 
  more 
  than 
  three 
  years, 
  and 
  the 
  

   boat 
  or 
  vessel 
  used 
  in 
  such 
  violation, 
  together 
  

   with 
  all 
  the 
  apparel 
  and 
  tackle 
  on 
  board, 
  at 
  the 
  

   time 
  of 
  said 
  violation, 
  shall 
  be 
  held 
  until 
  said 
  

   fine 
  and 
  costs 
  are 
  paid 
  ; 
  ])rovided, 
  that 
  if 
  said 
  

   fine 
  shall 
  not 
  be 
  i)aid 
  within 
  twenty 
  days 
  there- 
  

   after, 
  it 
  shall 
  be 
  the 
  duty 
  of 
  the 
  said 
  Judge 
  or 
  

   Justice 
  of 
  the 
  Peace 
  to 
  decree 
  forfeiture 
  of 
  the 
  feiuTre 
  

   said 
  boat 
  or 
  vessel, 
  together 
  with 
  all 
  the 
  appa- 
  

   rel 
  and 
  tackle 
  on 
  board, 
  and 
  he 
  is 
  hereby 
  au- 
  

   thorized 
  to 
  order 
  any 
  sheriff 
  or 
  constable 
  to 
  sell 
  

   said 
  boat 
  or 
  vessel, 
  together 
  with 
  all 
  the 
  apparel 
  

   and 
  tackle 
  on 
  board, 
  to 
  the 
  highest 
  bidder, 
  for 
  

   cash, 
  after 
  giving 
  at 
  least 
  twenty 
  days' 
  notice 
  

   of 
  the 
  time 
  and 
  place 
  of 
  said 
  sale, 
  and 
  the 
  pro- 
  

   ceeds 
  of 
  said 
  sale 
  shall 
  go 
  to 
  the 
  payment 
  of 
  

   the 
  fine 
  and 
  costs 
  of 
  such 
  prosecutitm, 
  and 
  the 
  

   balance, 
  if 
  any, 
  shall 
  be 
  paid 
  to 
  the 
  owner 
  of 
  

   said 
  boat 
  or 
  vessel 
  ; 
  provided, 
  the 
  said 
  owner 
  

   shall 
  have 
  the 
  right 
  of 
  an 
  appeal 
  to 
  the 
  Circuit 
  

   Court. 
  

  

  Sec. 
  Jl. 
  Andbeit 
  enacted. 
  That 
  any 
  boat 
  

   owned 
  wholly 
  or 
  in 
  ])art 
  by 
  any 
  non-resident, 
  

   used 
  in 
  catching 
  oysters 
  in 
  this 
  State 
  with 
  

   scoop, 
  dredg^^ 
  or 
  similar 
  instrument, 
  shall 
  be 
  

   condemned 
  by 
  order 
  of 
  any 
  Judge 
  of 
  the 
  Cir- 
  

   cuit 
  Court 
  nearest 
  the 
  ])lace 
  of 
  her 
  capture, 
  or 
  

   if 
  captured 
  in 
  Baltimore, 
  by 
  order 
  of 
  the 
  Judge 
  

   of 
  the 
  City 
  C(>urt, 
  and 
  shall 
  be 
  sold 
  by 
  the 
  

   sheriff 
  of 
  the 
  county 
  where 
  condemned, 
  or 
  if 
  

   condemned 
  in 
  Baltimore 
  city, 
  by 
  the 
  sheriff 
  to 
  wghelt 
  Iw- 
  

   of 
  said 
  city, 
  to 
  tlip 
  highest 
  bidder, 
  for 
  cash, 
  '^^''■ 
  

   after 
  twenty 
  days 
  notice 
  of 
  the 
  time 
  and 
  place 
  

   of 
  sale, 
  su<*li 
  notice 
  to 
  be 
  ])ublished 
  at 
  least 
  

   three 
  times 
  in 
  a 
  news})aper 
  having 
  the 
  largest 
  

   circulation, 
  printed 
  in 
  lialtimore 
  city 
  or 
  in 
  the 
  

   county 
  where 
  c(mdemned 
  ; 
  one-fourth 
  of 
  the 
  

   proceeds 
  of 
  such 
  sale 
  shall 
  be 
  paid 
  to 
  the 
  party 
  

  

  