222
LAWS OF MARYLAND.
Failure to
pay fees.
|
desire it, and if committed, the officer who desired
the commitment shall pay the jail fees, at the rate of
twenty-five cents per day; and in case of a failure to
pay the said fees for the space of three consecutive days,
the party whose jail fees have thus remain unpaid,
shall be discharged from confinement, and he shall adjudge
and condemn as forfeited to the said officer, and
to the person or persons who may have aided him in
making the arrest and seizure, the boat or craft in the
possession of the officers, together with her papers, furniture,
tackle and apparel, and all things on board of
her at the time of her seizure, and all or any property
in the possession of the said officer, found, seized and
taken as aforesaid, and the said officer, with the persons
who aided him in making the arrest and seizure,
shall sell the same to the highest bidder after ten days
notice.
|
Right of appeal.
|
SEC. 3. And be it enacted,
That if any person or
persons convicted of offending against this act, shall
think himself or themselves aggrieved by such conviction,
he or they shall be at liberty to appeal from the
judgment of the justice of the peace, at any time within
ten days from the rendition thereof, to the circuit
court of Baltimore county, the judge of which is hereby
empowered and directed, upon the petition of the
applicant or applicants, in a summary way, and without
any unnecessary delay, to hear the allegations and
proofs in the case or cases, and to affirm or reverse the
judgment or judgments of the justice of the peace, as
to him may seem right, and in case of affirmance, to
adjudge to the State the costs incurred in defending the
said appeal, and it shall be in the election of the said
appellant or appellants, to have a decision in a summary
way by the judge of said court, or a trial by jury
before the said circuit court.
|
Proceedings
not to be stayed
by appeal.
|
SEC. 4. And be it enacted,
That the proceedings
on the judgment or judgments of the justice of the
peace shall not be stayed by any appeal, unless the appellant
or appellants, within ten days after the rendition
of the same, shall enter into an appeal bond to the
State, with two sufficient securities, to be approved by
the said justice in a penal sum of double the amount in
value of the boat or craft, and property seized, and the
fines imposed, to be estimated by the said justice, conditioned
to prosecute with effect, his or their appeal to
the circuit court, and it shall be the duty of the justice
taking the appeal bond, immediately to deliver the
same to the officer who made the arrest, and in case of
forfeiture of the bond, the said officer shall have full
|
|
 |
