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if said line and costs of prosecution be not jjaid 

 within ten days after judgment, or appeal be not 

 taken as hereinafter provided, shall be sold at 

 public sale to the highest bidder for cash, under 

 such orders and notice as the Judge or Justice 

 aforesaid may prescribe ; if said arrest and seiz- 

 ure be made by an officer of the State Fishery 

 Force, said line shall be paid into the Treasury 

 of the State ; but if made by any other person 

 or persons having the right to arrest and seize, 

 one-half of saidhne shall be paid to the Clerk 

 of the Circuit Court of the county in Avhich the 

 case has been tried, to be paid by said Clerk to 

 the Comptroller of the State, and the other half 

 shall be equally divided between the parties 

 who made or assisted in making the arrest and 

 seizure. 



To be sold at 

 public sale. 



Sec. 7. And. he it enacted, That any boat, 

 vessels and equipments owned wholly or in part 

 by any non-resident, used in catching oysters 

 in the waters of the Potomac river with scoop, 

 dredge, drag or similar implement, upon seizure 

 and proof shall be condenmed by any Judge of 

 the Circuit Court or Justice of the Peace of the 

 county nearest the place of her capture, and 

 shall be sold by the Sheriff of the county where 

 condemned, to the highest bidder for cash, after 

 ten days' notice of the time and place of sale ; 

 one-half of the proceeds of sale, less half the 

 costs of prosecution and sale, shall be paid to 

 the parties who made the capture, except when 

 the capture w^as made by the State Fishery 

 Force, and the balance shall be paid into the 

 Treasury of the State. 



Shall be con- 

 demned. 



Se(^. 8. And be it enacted. That the Comp- 

 troller of the Treasuiy shall have ]kainted in 

 black figures, cm white canvas, tw^o sets of num- 

 bers con es])on ding to the license, to catch 

 oysters with scoop, dredge, drag or similar im- 

 plement ; eacli figure shall be twenty-two 

 inches long and of ] roportionate width, and 

 the figures shall be at least six inches apart, 

 and he shall give to each person taking out such 



Printed num- 

 bers. 



