ART. 67.] VESSELS ADRIFT AND DRIFT LOGS.

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2. Upon proof of property by the oath of the owner of such flat-
boat or other vessel, or otherwise before a justice of the peace, and
upon payment of reasonable costs and charges for the same, the per-
son so taking up and securing the same, shall deliver the said flat-boat
or other vessel to the owner thereof.

Id s 10
17S3, c 10, s 2
How owner
may prove,
when to be
delivered

3, If any person shall take and secure any flat-boat or other vessel
driven from any place of mooring, landing or harbor, or from any
other vessel, and shall fail to comply with the provisions of the two
preceding sections, he shall forfeit to the owner thereof the sum of
ten dollars, to be recovered as small debts are before a justice of the
peace of the county where the party charged may residc.

DRIFT LOOS.

Id s 11
1753, c 10,s 3
Penalty for
failing to give
notice, etc

4. All persons claiming logs cast by wind and tide upon any shore
bordering upon the Chesapeake bay and its tributaries, are hereby
prohibited from removing the same without the payment to the owner

1870 c 229, s 1
Drift logs

of the said shore the sum of twenty-five cents for each log so re-
moved

Charges.

S. The owner of any shore upon which logs are so cast may ad-
vertise such logs by one insertion each week for three successive
weeks in some newspaper published in the State of Maryland, of a
public notice, calling upon the owner of said logs to remove them,
after the payment of twenty-five cents for each log so removed, and
the cost of said advertisement in addition thereto.

Id s 2.
Owners to
advertisc.

6. If the said logs are not removed after such publication, the
owner of any shore may sell such logs to the highest bidder, by
giving notice of his intention so to do by an additional advertisement
for three successive weeks, as aforesaid, mentioning the time and
place of salc.

Id s 3.
Sale of logs

7. Any owner of a shore so selling shall be responsible for the
excess of such sale over the sum of twenty five cents for each log
sold, and the cost of the aforesaid advertisements and salc.

Id s 4
Responsible for
proceeds.

8. Nothing herein contained shall be construed to deny to the
owner of any shore right to an additional compensation for special
damages, such as the destruction of fences, the lodging of logs upon
cultivated fields, or other similar injuries.

Id s 5
Additional com-
pension to
owner of shore

9. Any person removing logs from a shore without complying
with the provisions of the five preceding sections, shall be fined not
less than fifty or more than one hundred dollars, one-half of which shall

Id s 6
Penalty for re-
moving before
advertisement

be paid to the informer; provided, such removal shall be effected
before said logs have been advertised according to section 5 hereof.

Removal before
advertisement

10. Any person or persons so removing said logs, after they have
been advertised for sale as aforesaid, shall be deemed guilty of a
misdemeanor, and shall be fined in a sura not less than fifty nor more
than one hundred dollars, or imprisoned in the jail of the county in
which said misdemeanor may be committed for the term of not less
than three nor more than twelve months, or both fined and impris-

Id s 7
Penally for re-
moving after
advertisement