ART. 34.] ESTRAYS—VESSELS ADRIFT—DRIFT LOGS. 68$

fined not less than fifty or more than one hundred dollars, one-
half of which shall be paid to the informer; provided, such
removal shall be effected before said logs have been advertised,
according to section 13.

1870, ch. 229, sec. 7.

18. Any person so removing said logs, after they have been:
advertised for sale as aforesaid, shall be deemed guilty of a mis-
demeanor, and shall be fined in a sum 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 a term not
less than three nor more than twelve months, or both fined and
imprisoned, in the discretion of the court before which such,
misdemeanor may be tried.

1872, ch. 258, sec. 1.

19. Any owner or claimants of logs, cast by wind and tide
upon the land or shore of the Chesapeake bay or its tributaries,
or any person or persons, for him or them, who shall wilfully
mark, stamp, imprint or indent any log or logs lying and being
upon any of the land or shore contiguous to and lying upon the
bay or its tributaries, shall forfeit and pay, upon conviction
thereof, not less than one hundred nor more than one thousand
dollars, or be imprisoned in the county jail of the county wherein
he may be convicted, for a term not less than four months nor
more than two years, or be both fined and imprisoned, in the
discretion of the court; twenty-five per cent of the fine to go to
the informer, and the remainder to the public school fund of the
county wherein the offence was committed, after the expenses of
the trial have been paid.

Ibid. sec. 2.

20. Any judgment against any land owner or his tenants, for
logs drifted and cast by wind and tide upon the land or shore of
the Chesapeake bay or its tributaries, shall be null and void, and
of no effect whatever, unless the owner or claimants of logs shall
have actually paid to the land owner or his tenant, not less than,
twenty-five cents for each and every log claimed by him, the said
owner.