ART. 15. ] WILD FOWL AND GAME.

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29. Upon information being given, under oath, to any justice of
the peace of either Harford or Cecil county, of any violation of any
of the provisions of this act, the said justice of the peace shall issue
his warrant for the arrest of the offender or offenders, and the
seizure of all sink-boxes, sneak-boats, vessels, or other crafts, used
or employed in such violation, together with all tackle, apparel, and
other property on board, which warrant shall be directed to the
sheriff or any constable of the county, or to one or more of the
special police appointed under or by virtue of the provisions of this

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Justice in Har-
ford or Cecil to
issue warrant

act, and any person resisting an officer, or other person authorized
to make arrests and seizures under this act, shall be guilty of a mis-
demeanor, and upon indictment and conviction thereof in a Circuit
Court, shall pay a fine of not less than fifty dollars, and not more
than one hundred dollars, or be imprisoned in the county jail, for
not less than one month, nor more than sixty days, or both fined
and imprisoned within the limits herein prescribed, in the discretion
of the court.

Penalty for re-
sisting officer

30. All vessels, sink-boats, sink-boxes, sneak-boats, and other
crafts, and all guns, and decoy ducks, seized and condemned under the
provisions of this act, shall be sold by the constable, or sheriff of the
county, in which such condemnation may be made, at public sale, after

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Boats, etc.,
seized and con-
demned to bo
sold

giving twenty days' notice of the time and place of such sale, by adver-
tisement in one newspaper in the county where such condemnation
may be made, and by written or printed notice being posted up, at
four of the most public places within two miles of the place of such

Notice of sale.

sale, to the highest bidder, for cash, and the proceeds of such sale,
or sales, after deducting all the legal expenses of seizure, condemna-
tion, and sale, shall be divided as follows, viz.: one-half to the offi-
cer making the seizure, and the other half to the person or persons
aiding the officer in making the same.

How proceeds
disposed of

31. The persons named in the act of 1874, c. 384, and their suc-
cessors, are hereby appointed a board of special police, with power
and authority to appoint as many deputies from among those who
take out a license under the provisions of this act, as in their judg-
ment may be necessary to enforce the provisions of this act, with
power to arrest without warrant all persons who maybe detected by
them in violating any of its provisions, and to carry such person or
persons before a justice of the peace, to be dealt with according to

1874, c 384
Board of special
police, power to
appoint depu-
ties

the provisions of this act; and the said special police shall be paid
for their services a reasonable sum, to be fixed by the judges of the
Circuit Court of the county in which such services are rendered, out
of the moneys, and no other, received by the clerks of the Circuit
Courts of Harford and Cecil counties for licenses issued by them for

Pay.

the privilege of shooting wild fowl; and in case there should be a
surplus remaining after paying said police force, such surplus shall
be paid over, at the expiration of each gunning season, to the school
commissioners of Harford and Cecil counties respectively, to be

Surplus to be
paid to school
commissioners

applied to school purposes; Provided, that the said term of office of

Term of office.