ART. 35] EVIDENCE. 1087

thereof, not less than one hundred nor more than one thousand
dollars, or be imprisoned in the county jail of the county wherein
he may be convicted for a term not less than four months nor
more than two years, or be both fined and imprisoned in the
discretion of the court; twenty-five per cent, of the fine to go to
the informer and the remainder to the public school fund of
the county wherein the offense was committed, after the
expenses of the trial have been paid.

1888, art. 34, sec. 20. 1872, ch. 258, sec. 2.

20. Any judgment against any land owner or his tenants,
for logs drifted and cast by wind and tide upon the land or
shore of the Chesapeake bay or its tributaries shall be null
and void and of no effect whatever, unless the owner or claim-
ants of logs shall have actually paid to the land owner or his
tenant not less than twenty-five cents for each and every log
claimed by him, the said owner.

ARTICLE XXXV.

EVIDENCE.

Competency of Witnesses. 1. Parties competent. No incapac- ity from Interest or crime, except perjury, wives and husbands competent. 2 Newspaper reporters not com- pellable to disclose source of news. 3 Rule in case of death, lunacy or insanity of original party; or where executor or administra- tor is a party; provisos 4. Parties in criminal cases; divorce; breach of promise. 5. Rebuttal of testimony given by adverse party. 6. Competent to prove interest or crime.

7. Proof of execution of writings. Attendance and Pay of Witnesses. 8. Neglect of witness to appear; penalty. 9. Refusal to give evidence; pen- alty. 10. Discharge from execution for failure to attend. 11. Compensation of witnesses; waiver of. 12. Of witnesses before justice of the peace. 13. Witness summoned by surveyor. 14. Witness in criminal cases held for want of security; fees how paid 15. Compensation of prosecutor, when disallowed.