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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

within ten days thereafter, appeal from such judg-

ment to the Circuit Court for Cecil county ; but

no execution or sale shall be stayed unless the

Appeal fiom

party appealing shall give bond, with two sufficient

decision of

1 securities, to be approved by the justice, to the

justice

State of Maryland, in double the amount of the

fine imposed, with the condition to prosecute such

appeal with effect to the Circuit Court at its next

session thereafter, and to pay the fine imposed and

all costs attending such proceedings in case judg-

ment shall be confirmed.

SEC. 8. And be it enacted, That if any person

shall violate any of the provisions of this act in

regard to the shooting of wild fowl, he shall, upon

conviction thereof before any justice of the peace

for Cecil county, be fined not less than fifty dol-

lars nor more than one hundred dollars, except as

follows : Any one who shall shoot wild fowl from

a sink box, duly licensed as aforesaid, upon any

Fined for

other day than those mentioned in section one of

violating pro-
visions.

this act, shall, upon conviction thereof before any

justice of the peace for Cecil county, pay a fine of

not less than ten nor more than twenty dollars for

each offence ; any one who shall shoot wild fowl

from a sink box, duly licensed as aforesaid, with-

out having first obtained the consent of the owner

or tenant of the land opposite to whose shore the

sink box is placed, shall, upon conviction thereof

before a justice of the peace of Cecil county, pay

a fine of not less than five nor more than twenty

dollars for each offence.

SEC. 9. And be it enacted, That all fines imposed

under this act, whether the same may be recovered

by action for debt in the name of the State, which

process is hereby authorized, or secured by public

sale, as provided in section six of this act, shall be

Fines— how

divided as follows, viz. : one-half to the informer

disposed of.

and the other half to the County Commissioners

of Cecil county, for the use and benefit of said

county ; and all moneys accruing from the sale of

license under this act shall be paid over, at the

end of the gunning season, to the Commissioners

of said county, to be applied by them to the use

and benefit of said county.