ART. 13.] WILD FOWL. 1385

at public sale, after giving twenty days' notice of the time and
place of such sale, by advertisement in one newspaper in such
county, and by written or printed notices posted up at four of the
most public places within two miles of the place of such sale, to
the highest bidder, for cash; and the proceeds of such sale, after
deducting all the legal expenses of seizure, condemnation and
sale, shall be divided as follows, viz: one-half to the officer mak-
ing the seizure, and the other half to the persons aiding the officer
in making the same.

1880, ch. 106.

296. Every two years the governor shall appoint, with the
advice and consent of the senate, a board of special police, who
shall hold their offices until their successors qualify, or during
the pleasure of the governor; the said board of special police
shall consist of two citizens of Harford and two citizens of Cecil
county; they shall have power to appoint as many deputies, to
be chosen from among those who have taken out license under
the provisions of sections 286 to 292 inclusive, as in their judg-
ment may be necessary; they, and their deputies, shall have
power to arrest, with or without warrant, upon their own view,
or upon credible information, all persons violating any of the
provisions of sections 278 to 300 inclusive, and to carry such
persons before any justice of the peace, to be dealt with accord-
ing to the provisions of said sections; and they shall be paid for
their services the monies, and no other, received by the clerks of
the circuit courts for Harford and Cecil counties, for licenses
issued for the privilege of shooting wild fowl, which monies
shall be distributed as follows: at the end of each gunning season
the said clerks shall each certify to the other the amount received
by each for issuing the said licenses, and the clerk who has
received the larger amount (if either has received a larger amount
than the other) shall pay over to the other such a sum as will
render the amounts in the hands of both equal; then the clerk of
the circuit court for Cecil county shall pay the sum received by
him as aforesaid to the two special police appointed from said
county, each receiving an equal share; and the clerk of the
circuit court for Harford county shall, in like manner, pay the
money received by him as aforesaid to the special police ap-
pointed from Harford county, each receiving an equal share;