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largest circulation printed in Baltimore city or in the county
where condemned; one-fourth of the proceeds of such sale shall
be paid to the party making the capture, not including the officers
and crews of the State fishery force, who shall receive no part of
said fine, and the balance shall be paid into the treasury of the
State, to be credited to the ''Oyster Fund; " provided, however,
that any person claiming an interest in such vessel shall have the
right to make an appeal upon giving to the State a good and
sufficient bond as required in such cases; provided, however,
that when the bona fides of the owner of any vessel shall be
called in question, the burden of proving such bona fides shall
be upon those claiming to be such owners; and provided also,
that upon taking such appeal and filing such bond, the said
vessel shall be released from custody.

Oyster Fund.

1894, ch. 880.

29. All moneys received or obtained from dredging licenses
issued under the provisions of the preceding sections of this
article, and one-third of the moneys received from the county
scraping licenses, and all fines, penalties or forfeitures imposed
in pursuance thereof, shall upon the warrant of the comptroller,
be paid into the treasury, and placed to the credit of a fund
which shall be called "The Oyster Fund, " and the same shall be
kept separate and distinct from other funds in the treasury, and
shall only be drawn upon for the purpose of maintaining suffi-
cient and proper police regulations for the protection of fish and
oysters in Maryland waters, and in the payment of the officers
and men, and keeping in repair and supplying the necessary
means of sailing the boats and vessels of the State fishery force;
and the comptroller is hereby required to state in his annual
report particularly the receipts and expenditures on account of
said funds, and the balance standing to the credit of the State at
the time of making such report.

Smith v. School Commissioners, 81 Md. 516.

Painted Numbers for Dredging Vessels.

1894, ch. 380.

30. The comptroller shall have painted in black figures on.
white canvass, two sets of numbers corresponding to the license