to said party or parties, and used by them in violating the
law.

Also,

Amend by striking out all after "Enacted," in first line,
third section, and substitute the following :

That the Sheriff, Constable or Military Officer who has
made the arrest, shall forthwith bring the offender or offen-
ders, before some Justice of the Peace of the county for a
hearing, and said Justice of the Peace shall either give the
case an immediate hearing, or at the instance of the party
shall appoint some early day within the next five days there-
after to hear the case, the party charged giving such good
and sufficient bail as said Justice shall require for his atten-
dance, and on conviction of the offender or offenders the said
Justice shall decree a forfeiture of the canoe, boat or vessel
together with all the tackle and apparel, and order the same
to be sold by the officer making the arrest, who shall sell
the same on five days' notice, to the highest bidder, subject
to an appeal to the Circuit Court for Calvert county, and
after the payment of all the expenses attending the arrest
and the prosecution of the suit, he shall retain one-fourth of
the balance himself, distributing one-fourth among the parties
assisting in making the arrest, and pay over the remain-
ing one half to the School Fund of the county to be
used in the repair of old, and the erection of new public
school houses.

Which were severally read and adopted.
The sections as amended were then read and adopted.
Said bill was then read the second time.
On motion by Mr. Hyland,

Leave of absence was granted to the Senator from Calvert
county for one week.

The House bill entitled a supplement to an Act entitled an
Act to incorporate stockholders of the Franklin Bank of
Baltimore, passed at the November session, 1810, chapter
67,

Was read the third time and passed by yeas and nays, as
follows:
AFFIRMATIVE.

Messrs. President, Hyland,
Biggs, Kimmel,
Browne, Malone,
Carroll, Miller,
Clarke, Parker,