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twenty days' notice of the time and place of such sale, by adver-
tisements posted in at least two public places in the vicinity of
said sale, to the highest bidder for cash; and the boat, tackle and
implements used by the party violating any of the provisions of
this sub-title of this article, shall be seized and taken in possession
by the said constable or sheriff, and in default of payment of the
fine and costs aforesaid, shall be sold at public sale as hereinafter
provided, and as much of the proceeds of said sale as may be
necessary, applied to the payment of all fines and costs and other
expenses incurred under this sub-title of this article.

1872, ch. 181.

190. Any party against whom any justice of the peace may
render a judgment under this sub-title of this article, either to
pay a fine or of condemnation of property, may, at any time
within ten days from the rendition of such judgment, appeal
from such judgment to the circuit court for said county, but no
execution or sale shall be stayed unless the party appealing shall
give bond with approved security to the State of Maryland in
double the value of the property condemned or of the fine im-
posed, as the case may be, with condition to prosecute such
appeal with effect, and to pay the value of the property con-
demned and fine imposed, and all costs attending such procedings
in case such judgment shall be affirmed. No person shall be
accepted as such security unless he resides in said county, and
shall make oath or affirmation that he is worth double the value
of the property condemned.

Ibid.

191. If any person on board any canoe, boat or vessel engaged
in violating any of the provisions of this sub-title of this article,
shall abandon the said canoe, boat or vessel, and flee so as to
escape arrest, the officer endeavoring to make such arrest shall
seize such canoe, boat or vessel, and give information of such
seizure to some justice of the peace or judge of the circuit court
for said county; and it shall be the duty of the said justice of the
peace or judge to docket a case in the name of the State against
the said canoe, boat or vessel, and to proceed without delay with the
trial of the same, and if there is sufficient proof that said canoe,
boat or vessel has been used or employed in violating any of the pro-
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