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PUBLIC LOCAL LAWS. 
Seizure. 
Duty of 
sheriff. 
Condemn- 
ed proper- 
ty. 
To be sold. 
Judgment. 
May appeal 
from. 
vessel, together with the tackle and furniture on 
board, which warrant shall be directed to the sheriff 
or any constable of Worcester county. 
Sec. 8. And be it enacted , That it shall be the 
duty of the sheriff or any constable of Worcester 
county, with or without warrant, to arrest any per- 
son or persons and to seize and take into custody 
any canoe, boat or vessel whenever and wherever 
such person or persons, canoe, boat or vessel shall be 
found violating or being used in violating any of 
the provisions of this article, and bring the offender 
or offenders before some justice of the peace or 
judge of the Circuit Court of said county. 
Sec. 9. A nd be it enacted , That all boats, vessels 
or other property condemned under the provisions 
of this article shall be sold by the sheriff or some 
constable of Worcester county, at public sale, after 
giving twenty days’ notice of the time and place of 
such sale by advertisements posted in at least two 
public places in the vicinity of said sale, to the 
highest bidder for cash, and the boat, tackle and 
implements used by the party violating any of the 
provisions of this act shall be seized and taken in 
possession by the said constable or Sheriff, and in 
'default of payment of the fine and costs aforesaid 
shall be sold at public sale as hereinafter provided, 
and as much of the proceeds of said sale as may be 
necessary applied to the payment of all fines and 
costs and other expenses incurred under this act. 
Sec. 10. And be it enacted , That any party or 
parties against whom any justice of the peace may 
render a judgment under this article, either to pay 
a fine or of condemnation of property, may at any 
time, within ten days from the rendition of such 
judgment, appeal from such judgment to the Circuit 
Court of Worcester county, but no execution or sale 
shall be stayed unless the party appealing shall give 
bond with security to the State of Maryland in 
double the value of the property condemned or of 
the fine imposed, as the case may be, said security 
or securities to be resident or residents of Worcester 
county, and who shall swear or affirm that he or 
they are worth double the amount of the property 
condemned, and becomes security, for the same with 
condition to prosecute such appeal with effect and to 
