286 Assembly Proceedings, Oct. 2-Nov. 17, 1753.

Liber H. S.
No. I

Vessel, is taken up and secured as aforesaid, which said Justice of
the Peace shall, and he is hereby required to deliver, to the Party
giving such Notice, an Advertisement, describing in the best Man-
ner, the Built and Marks of such Flat, Boat, or other Vessel, and the
Name of such Person, and Place of his Abode; Copies of which
Advertisement the said Party shall, within Ten Days after the Date
thereof, cause to be set up in the most public Places of the said
County, and within Thirty Days after such Date, procure the same
to be inserted in the Maryland Gazette, and shall deliver the same
Boat, or other Vessel, to the Owner thereof, upon Payment of
reasonable Cost and Charges for the same; he, or they, first proving
the Property, by his, or their, own Oath, or otherwise, before some
Justice of the Peace.

[Penalty for
neglecting.]

And be it further Enacted, That if any Person or Persons, after
the said last Day of March, shall take up and secure, any Flat, Boat,
or other Vessel, drove from any Place of Mooring, Landing, or
Harbour, or from any other Vessel, and shall not do, and perform,
what is by this Act required, shall forfeit and pay to the Owner or
Owners of such Flat, Boat, or Vessel, the Sum of Fifty Shillings
Current Money, to be recovered in a summary Way, before One
Justice of the Peace of the County where the Party accused doth
reside.

[Proviso.]
p. 19

Provided always, That in Case any such Flat, Boat, or other Ves-
sel, shall be taken up on the East Side of Chesapeake-Bay, or the
North Side of Susquehanna-River, in the Winter Season, when it
may so happen that by Reason of the Ice, no Intercourse may be
had with the City of Annapolis; that then, and in such Case, it shall
and may be lawful for the Person or Persons taking such Flat, Boat,
or other Vessel into his, or their Custody, or Care, to cause such
Advertisement, as is herein before directed, to be inserted in the
Maryland Gazette, within Thirty Days after the Obstruction of such
Intercourse or Communication with the said City of Annapolis, shall
or may be removed.

[Continu-
ance.]

This Act to continue for Three Years, and unto the End of the
next Session of Assembly, which shall happen after the Expiration
of the said Three Years.

9th November 1753
Read and Assented to
by the Lower House of
Assembly
Signed p Order
M Macnemara Cl lo ho

On behalf of the Right
Honble the Lord Propry.
of this Province I will
this be a Law
Sam. Ogle

the great seal in
Wax Appendant

9 Novem.^r
Read and Assented to
by the Upper House of
Assembly
Signed p Order
J. Ross Cl Up Ho.