ART. 20.] OYSTERS. 1817

1880, ch 40.

182. On information under oath, of any violation of the pro-
visions of section 180, to any justice of the peace of Somerset
county, the said justice shall forthwith issue his warrant to the
sheriff or any constable of said county, requiring the officer to
whom the said writ shall be directed, to summon a posse comi-
tatus, if necessary, and proceed at once to arrest the party alleged
to have been engaged in such violation, and forthwith bring the
offender before some justice of the peace of Somerset county for
a hearing; and the said justice of the peace shall either give the
case an immediate hearing, or at the instance of the party charged
with such violation, shall appoint some early day within the next
seven days thereafter, to hear the case, the party charged giving
auch good and sufficient bail as said justice shall require for his
appearance at the trial; and on the conviction of the offender,
the said justice shall fine such person in a sum not less than one
hundred dollars nor more than two hundred dollars and costs, in
each and every case; and shall have power and authority to com-
mit to the jail of said county such offender so convicted until
such fine so imposed, and costs, shall be fully paid and satisfied,
subject to an appeal in all cases to the circuit court for Somerset
county, from any judgment or conviction which may be rendered
by said justice of the peace.

Ibid.

183. All fines accruing from the enforcement of section 180,
shall be paid by the said justice of the peace to the secretary and
treasurer of the school board of Somerset county, for the use of
the public schools of said county.

1883, ch. 331.

184. The canoe, boat or vessel, so unlawfully used, shall be
condemned by the justice of the peace having jurisdiction, and
shall be sold by the sheriff or constable to the highest bidder for
cash, after twenty days' notice of the time, place and terms of
sale, inserted at least three times in some newspaper published in
Somerset county; one-half of the proceeds of sale, after the pay-
ment of all proper costs, charges and expenses, to be paid to the
informer, and the residue to the school board of Somerset county,
for the use of the public schools of said county.