616 WILD FOWL, BIRDS AND GAME. [ART. 99

deputy game warden, to go before any justice of the peace
in the county or city in which the game or fish may be, and
make affidavit of that fact; said justice shall thereupon issue
a search warrant against the person or corporation so complained
of, directed to any constable of the said county or city, com-
manding him to proceed at once and search for said game or fish
and, upon finding the same, to seize and take possession of the
same and keep it until further order by the justice. The said
constable shall read said warrant to the owner or person in whose
possession said game or fish is supposed to be. Said warrant
shall be returnable within not less than twelve hours nor more
than twenty-four hours from the date thereof.

1896, ch. 293.

27. At the time mentioned in said warrant, said justice shall
proceed to hear and determine whether said game or fish was in
the possession of the person or corporation contrary to law; and
if the said justice shall find that said game or fish was in the
possession of the defendant contrary to law, then said justice
1 shall enter judgment against the defendant and order sale of the
game or fish so seized; but if the said justice shall find that the
possession of such game or fish was not contrary to law, then the
judgment shall be that the same be returned to the person or
corporation from whom the same was taken. An appeal to the
circuit court for the county, or the Baltimore City Court as the
case may be, may be taken within two hours by the defendant
from the judgment of the justice upon giving sufficient bond to
cover the cost of the appeal and the value of the game or fish
seized, to be determined by the justice.

Ibid.

28. In case of judgment and order of sale, as specified in
section 27, and in absence of an appeal and the filing of a proper
bond, as provided by said section, then said constable shall at
once post two notices, one at the justice's door and the other at
the place of sale, specifying in each notice the time and place of
sale, not less than five hours from the hour at which the judg-
ment was rendered, and also a description of the game or fish to
be sold; said place of sale shall be at the most public place
obtainable for the purpose. Said constable shall, at the time and