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tlie time of the seizure, and shall have power 

 and authority to commit to the jail of said 

 county such offender or offenders so convicted, 

 until such line or lines so imposed shall be fully 

 paid and satished. 



Power to 

 commit. 



Right of ap- 



Sec. 6. And he it enacted. That the Justice of 

 the Peace before whom any such offender or 

 offenders shall be tried and convicted, shall impose fine. 

 impose a fine of not less than twenty-five dol- 

 lars nor more than two hundred dollars, or shall 

 decree a forfeiture of the canoe or canoes, boat 

 or boats, vessel or vessels used in such viola- 

 tion, together with all the apparel, tackle and 

 property found on board, and he is hereby au- 

 thorized to order any constable, sheriff or mili- 

 tary officer, to sell the property so seized, on 

 five days' notice, to the highest bidder for cash, 

 subject to an appeal in all cases to the Circuit 

 Court of Wicomico county ; and after the pay- peaii 

 ment of the expenses attending the arrest and 

 prosecution in any such case, the officer making 

 the arrest shall retain one-fourth of the balance 

 himself, distribute one-fourth among the parties 

 assisting in making the arrest and seizure, and 

 pay over the remaining half to the State treas- 

 ury, to be placed to the credit of the school 

 fund for said county ; provided if such seizure 

 is made by the officers or crew of the Fishery 

 Force of the State, then such portion as would 

 accrue to them under the provisions of this act 

 shall be paid into the treasury of the State and 

 placed to the credit of the school fund for said 

 county. 



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

 or persons on board of any canoe or canoes, boat 

 or boats, vessel or vessels, engaged in violating 

 any of the provisions of this act, and shall flee 

 to avoid an arrest, the officer endeavoring to 

 make such arrest shall seize such canoe or 

 canoes, boat or boats, vessel or vessels used in 

 such violation, and all proi)erty found on board, 

 and the same proceeding thereupon sliall be 



Seize canoe 

 or boat. 



