960 ESTRAYS——VESSELS ADRIFT——DRIFT-LOGS. [ART. 34
and pay, upon conviction thereof, not less than one hundred nor more
than one thousand dollars, or be imprisoned in the county jail of the
county wherein he may be convicted for a term not less than four
months nor more than two years, or be both fined and imprisoned in
the discretion of the court; twenty-five per cent, of the fine to go to the
informer and the remainder to the public school fund of the county
wherein the offense was committed, after the expenses of the trial have
been paid.
1904, art. 34, sec. 20. 1888, art. 34, sec. 20. 1872, ch. 258, sec. 2.
20. Any judgment against any land owner or his tenants, for logs
drifted and cast by wind and tide upon the land or shore of the Cheasa-
peake bay or its tributaries shall be null and void and of no effect what-
ever, unless the owner or claimants of logs shall have actually paid to
the land owner or his tenant not less than twenty-five cents for each and
every log claimed by him, the said owner.
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