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offenders, the said Judge or Justice of the 

 Peace shall impose a tine upon the offender or 

 offenders of not less than fifty dollars nor more 

 than two hundred dollars, or imprisonment in 

 the House of Correction 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 

 tine and costs are paid ; provided, that if said 

 tine shall not be paid within twenty days there- 

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

 Justice of the Peace to decree forfeiture of the feiuu/.^^ ^°^' 

 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 api)arel 

 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 prosecution, 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. 11. And he it enacted^ That any boat 

 owned wholly or in part by any non-resident, 

 used in catching oysters in this State with 

 scoop, dredge or similar instrument, shall be 

 condemned by order of any Judge of the Cir- 

 cuit Court nearest the place of her capture, or 

 if captured in Baltimore, by order of the Judge 

 of the City Court, and shall be sold by the 

 sheriff' of the county where condemned, or if 

 condemned in Baltimore city, by the sheriff to h?ghelt Sd! 

 of said city, to the highest bidder, for cash, '^^'• 

 after twenty days notice of the time and place 

 of sale, such notice to be published at least 

 three times in a newspaper having the largest 

 circulation, printed in Baltimore city or in the 

 county where condemned ; one-fourth of the 

 proceeds of such sale shall be paid to the party 



