ART. 18. ] ST. MARY'S COUNTY.

from the fifteenth day of March to the fifteenth day of
May, inclusive.

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126. Any person violating the provisions of either
of the preceding sections of this act shall pay a fine of
not less than five nor more than fifty dollars, and for-
feit the boat or boats and vessel in his possession,
together with the seine or seines, tackle and all things
on board at the time the offence may have been com-
mitted.

Ibid. B. 4.
Penalty.

127. It shall be the duty of the sheriff or any con-
stable, on complaint made to him, to arrest any person
or persons so violating the foregoing sections of this
act, and to seize the boat or boats and vessel, together
with the seine, tackle and all things on board alleged
to be forfeited, and give notice to the owner or owners
thereof, if the same can be found, to appear before a
justice of the peace of Saint Mary's county on a cer-
tain day, within five days from the time of the seizure,
to show cause why the property so seized should not
be condemned; and if the owner or owners of the
property so seized evade the services of said notice, or
cannot be found, then the sheriff or constable may give

Ibid. s. 5.
Seines and
boats to be
seized.

notice by publication in some newspaper published in
Saint Mary's county, or may set up notices at three
of the most public places in the neighborhood of the
seizure, warning the owner or owners of such property
to appear before a justice of the peace of Saint Mary's
county, to be therein named, on a certain day, not less
than ten days from the time of the seizure, to show
cause why the said property should not be condemned.

Notice.

128. If, upon the hearing in any case of seizure, as
aforesaid, the justice of the peace is satisfied that the
owner or person or persons having charge of the prop-
erty so seized, is guilty of violating any of the provi-
sions of this act, which imposes a forfeiture of such
property for such violation, then such justice shall ad-
judge the same to be condemned and sold by the sheriff
or constable seizing the same after ten days public no-
tice; and the justice may proceed ex parte to hear and
determine any question of forfeiture, if the owner or

Ibid. s. 6.
Condemnation
and sale.