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17. All vessels and other property condemned under the
provisions of this article, shall be sold by the sheriff of the
county where such vessel and other property may be condemned,
on ten days public notice, at public sale, to the highest bidder
for cash, and the proceeds of such sale, after deducting all the
necessary expenses attending the same, shall be divided as fol-
lows: one-fourth part thereof to the officer making the seizure;
one-half to those aiding the officer in making the arrest, and the
residue to be paid to the State; and all fines imposed under this
article shall be divided as herein provided for, the division of
the proceeds of the property condemned and sold under the pro-
visions of this article.

18. Any person resisting an officer in making any arrest
or seizure, or resisting any one authorized by this article to
make such arrest, shall be guilty of misdemeanor, and upon
conviction thereof, shall pay a fine of not less than one hundred
dollars nor more than one thousand dollars, or be imprisoned in
the county jail not less than one month nor more than one year.

19. No person shall catch or take oysters within any creek,
river, strait, bay or sound, within the limits of any county
of this State, with tongs, rakes or any instrument whatever,
unless the person so catching or taking the same, shall be at the
time thereof, a bona fide resident of the county in which such
creek, river, strait, bay or sound lies, and in case a creek or
river shall be a division line between two or more counties, then
no person shall catch or take oysters therefrom as aforesaid,
unless the person so catching or taking the same shall be at the
time thereof, a bona fide resident of one of the counties so divided,
nor shall any person take or catch oysters as aforesaid, in any
of the waters of this State not forming a divisional line as afore-
said, in water not less than fifteen feet deep, unless the person
so taking or catching the same, shall be at the time thereof, a
resident of the county bordering on such water.

20. Any person violating any of the provisions of the pre-
ceding section, shall be proceeded against in the same manner
by the seizure of property and arrest of persons, as herein