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aforesaid section 204th of this article, he shall impose fines of not
less than five dollars nor more than fifty dollars on each person
engaged, directly or indirectly, therein for each offence, and may
commit him or them to the county jail in default of payment, if
the party making the arrest and seizure desire it; and if com-
mitted, the officer who desired the commitment shall pay the
jail fees at the rate of twenty-five cents per day; and in case of
failure to pay the said fees for the space of three consecutive days,
the party whose jail fees shall thus remain unpaid shall be dis-
charged.
209. The justice shall also condemn as forfeited to the said
officer, and to the person or persons who may have aided him in
making the arrest and seizure, the boat or vessel in the posses-
sion of the offender, together with her papers, furniture, tackle
and apparel, and all things on board of her at the time of her
seizure, and all property in the possession of the said officer,
(owned, seized and taken as aforesaid,) and the said officer, with
the person or persons who aided him in making the arrest and
seizure, shall sell the same to the highest bidder after ten days'
notice.
210. If any person convicted of offending against the provisions
of section 204th of this article shall think himself aggrieved by
such conviction, he may appeal from the judgment of the justice,
at any time within ten days from the rendition thereof, to the
Circuit Court for said county.
211. The said court, upon such appeal, in a summary way and
without any unnecessary delay shall hear the allegations and
proofs in the case, and shall affirm or reverse the judgment of
the justice, as to the said court may seem right, and in case of
affirming, shall adjudge to the State the costs incurred in defend-
ing said appeal.
212. The appellant shall, in his election, have a decision in a
summary way, or a trial before a jury in said Circuit Court.
213. The proceedings on the judgment of the justice 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 vessel and property seized and the fines imposed, to be
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