ODEN BOWIE, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR. 419

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland, That the said Thomas J. Dail, Jarnes A. Waddell and John L. Willis, he and they are
hereby directed to pay over the said sum of six hundred and ninety-five dollars, received by them, from the sale of the Choptank Indian Lands, to the Board of County School Commissioners of Dorchester County, for the use of the Public Schools in said county.		Payment to school com- missioners.
Sec. 2. And be it enacted, That this Act shall take effect from the date of its passage. Approved April 7, 1870.		In force.
CHAPTER 229.
AN ACT for the protection of the owners of land bordering upon the Chesapeake Bay and its tributaries. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland, That all persons claiming logs cast by wind and tide upon any shore bordering upon
the Chesapeake Bay and its tributaries, be and are hereby prohibited from removing the same without the payment to the owner of said shore of the sum of twenty-five cents (25) for each log so removed.	Drift logs.
Sec. 2. And be it enacted, That the owner of any shore upon which logs are so cast may adver- tise such logs by one insertion each week for three successive weeks in some newspaper published in the State of Maryland, of a public notice, calling upon the owner of said logs to remove them, after the payment of twenty-five cents (25) for each log so removed, and the cost of said advertisement in addition thereto.	Owners to advertise.
Sec. 3. And be it enacted, That if the said logs are not removed after such publication, the owner of any shore may sell such logs to the highest bidder, by giving notice of his intention so to do by an additional advertisement for three successive weeks, as aforesaid, mentioning the time and place of sale.	May sell.