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ST. MARY'S COUNTY. [ART. 18.
owners fail to appear after notice herein required to be
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Appeal.
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given; and in all cases arising under this act, an appeal
shall be made to the circuit court for Saint Mary's
county, subject to the same laws and rules that govern
in other cases of appeal from the decisions of justices
of the peace.
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Ibid. s. 7.
Proceedings
when owner
is unknown.
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129. If the sheriff or constable making the seizure
of property under this act, does not know the name of
the owner or person having 'charge thereof, he may
describe him in the notice he is required to give, as the
owner of the property, without naming him; and the
justice, if he does not know the name of the owner,
may condemn the properly as the property of a person
guilty of violating the law, without naming such per-
son.
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Ibid. s. 8
Proceeds of
sale, how dis-
tributed.
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130. The proceeds of the sale of any property for-
feited as aforesaid, with all fines imposed and collected
under this act, shall, after paying the expenses of the
seizure, condemnation and sale, be divided, one-fourth
to the sheriff or constable making the seizure, one-
fourth to those aiding in making the arrest and seizure,
and the remaining one-half to the board of school com-
missioners for Saint Mary's county, for the use of the
primary schools for said county.
Approved and in force March 2, 1870.
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MANURES.
1870, c. 356 entitled an act for the benefit of agriculture by securing the vendors of
manures, (limited, by sec. 7 of the Act, to St. Mary's county, ) enacts the following:
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1870, c. 350, s 1,
Crops may be
pledged for
manures.
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131. Whenever any of the farmers and planters of
this state shall purchase for the purpose of manuring
their farms, any of the guanoes or manufactured con-
centrated manures, including ground bones, on credit,
it shall be lawful for such purchaser or purchasers of
any of said manures to pledge to the person or persons
from whom they are purchased, as security for the price
of said manures, with interest at the rate of six per
cent, per annum until paid, all the crops which may
be made or gathered, or such portion thereof as may
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