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205. The proceedings on the judgment of the justice of the
peace shall not be stayed by any appeal, unless the appellant,
within ten days after the rendition of the same, shall enter into
an appeal bond to the State, with two sufficient securities, to be
approved by the said justice, in a penal sum of double the
amount in value of the boat or craft and property seized, and
the fines imposed, to be estimated by the said justice, conditioned
to prosecute with effect his appeal to the Circuit Court; and it
shall be the duty of the justice taking th'e appeal bond, im-
mediately to deliver the same to the officer who made the arrest,
and in case of forfeiture of the bond, the said officer may pro-
secute the same for his use, and the use of those engaged with
him in making the arrest and seizure.

206. If within ten days from the rendition of the judgment no
appeal bond is accepted by the justice of the peace to arrest fur-
ther proceedings on said judgment, it shall be the duty of the
officer making the arrest and seizure, after having given ten
days' notice by public advertisement, to sell to the best advan-
tage for cash, for his benefit and the benefit of those who aided
him in making the arrest and seizure, the boat or craft in his
possession, together with all the furniture, tackle and apparel,
and all other property so seized and taken.

207. If resistance be made to the sheriff or any officer engaged
in making such arrest or seizure, such resistance shall be deemed
a misdemeanor, presentable by the grand jury of the county, and
punishable in the Circuit Court by fine and imprisonment, as
other misdemeanors are punished.

208. After the payment of the costs accruing from the prose-
cution of the offenders, the balance arising from the fine and
sale of the boat and other property hereinbefore mentioned shall
be divided or apportioned in the following manner: one-half to
the officer and those who assisted him in making the arrest
and seizure, and the balance to be paid over to the commis-
sioners of the county, for the benefit of th,e school fund of the
county.

WITNESSES.

209. The clerk of the Circuit Court for Baltimore county shall
make out annually, before the time for making the county levy,
a list of the State's witnesses who have attended at said court,