ART. 72.] OYSTERS—NUMBERS ON DREDGING VESSELS. 1041

sheriff of said city, to the highest bidder for cash, after twenty
days' notice of the time and place of sale; such notice to be pub-
lished at least three times in a newspaper having the largest cir-
lation, printed in Baltimore city, or in the county where con-
demned ; one-fourth of the proceeds of such sale shall be paid to
the party making the capture, including the officers and crews of
the State fishery force, and the balance shall be paid into the
treasury of the State, to be credited to the oyster fund.

Painted Numbers for Dredging Vessels.

1886, ch. 296, sec. 16.

12. The comptroller shall have painted in black figures, on
white canvass, two sets of numbers corresponding to the license
to catch oysters with scoop, scrape, dredge or any other similar
instrument; each figure shall be twenty-two inches in length and
of proportionate width, and the figures at least six inches apart,
and he shall give to each person taking out such license two
numbers thereof, one of which shall be firmly sewed upon the
starboard side, and in the middle of that part of the mainsail
which is above the close-reef, and the other number on the port
side, and in the middle part of the jib, which is above the bonnet
and reef; these numbers shall be placed in an upright position,
and worn at all times during the dredging season, and returned
at the end of the season, and shall not be concealed or defaced;
and no other number shall be exposed to view or used, than that
which is furnished by the comptroller; any person who
shall violate the provisions of this section, shall be deemed guilty
of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction in any court in this State,
or before a juctice of the peace, shall be fined not less than fifty
dollars nor more than one hundred dollars, or imprisoned in the
house of correction for a period of not less than three months nor
more than two years; provided, the court or justice of the peace
trying the same, shall be convinced that the provisions of this
section have been intentionally violated; and in any such case, the
boat or vessel shall be forfeited, and may be condemned, in the
discretion of the judge or justice of the peace, in the manner pro-
vided in section 10.

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