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The Annotated Code of the Public Civil Laws of Maryland, 1911
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ART. 34] DRIFT-LOGS. 959

1904, art. 34, sec. 13. 1888, art. 34, sec. 13. 1870, ch. 229, sec. 2.

13. 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 for each log so removed and the cost of said adver-
tisement in addition thereto.

Ibid. sec. 14. 1888, art. 34, sec. 14. 1870, ch. 229, sec. 3.

14. 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.

Ibid. sec. 15. 1888, art. 34, sec. 15. 1870, ch. 229, sec. 4.

15. Any owner of a shore so selling shall be responsible for the
excess of such sale over the sum of twenty-five cents for each log sold
and the cost of the aforesaid advertisements and sale.

Ibid. sec. 16. 1888, art. 34, sec. 16. 1870, ch. 229, sec. 5.

16. Nothing contained in the four preceding sections shall be con-
strued to deny to the owner of any shore a right to an additional com-
pensation for special damages, such as the destruction of fences, the
lodging of logs upon cultivated fields, or other similar injuries.

Ibid. sec. 17. 1888, art. 34, sec. 17. 1870, ch. 229, sec. 6.

17. Any person removing logs from a shore without complying with
the provisions of the five preceding sections shall be fined not less than
fifty nor more than one hundred dollars, one-half of which shall be paid
to the informer; provided, such removal shall be effected before said
logs have been advertised according to section 13.

Ibid. sec. 18. 1888, art. 34, sec. IS. 1870, ch. 229, sec. 7.

18. Any person so removing said logs after they have been adver-
tised for sale as aforesaid shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and
shall be fined in a sum not less than fifty nor more than one hundred
dollars, or be imprisoned in the jail of the county in which said misde-
meanor may be committed for a term not less than three nor more than
twelve months, or be both fined and imprisoned in the discretion of the
court before which such misdemeanor may be tried.
Ibid. sec. 19. 1888, art. 34, sec. 19. 1872, ch. 258, sec. 1.

19. Any owner or claimant of logs cast by wind and tide upon the
land or shore of the Chesapeake bay or its tributaries, or any person
or persons for him or them who shall wilfully mark, stamp, imprint
or indent any log or logs lying and being upon any of the land or shore
contiguous to and laying upon the bay or its tributaries, shall forfeit

 

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