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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

son or persons charged with said violation of
the provisions of this act; the boat shall be
held by the Judge or Justice before whom the
party charged with the violation is taken for
hearing or trial; the Justice shall hear and
determine any charge against the owner of said
boat; if a non-resident of the county, or if the
offence has been committed with the knowl-
edge and consent of the owner, he shall ad-
judge and impose a fine, as aforesaid, upon
said owner and hold the boat for twenty days,

Fine.

if said fine and cost are not sooner paid; at the
end of which time he shall direct and authorize
the Sheriff or Deputy Sheriff of said county,
after having given ten days' public notice in
an advertisement in some newspaper printed
in Cambridge, and by hand-bills, to sell said
boat for cash to the highest bidder and deduct
the fine and all the costs, including three per
cent, commissions for making the sale, and
pay over the balance to the owner or owners
of said boat or lien creditors according to their
legal rights thereto as adjusted by the Auditor
of said Circuit Court.

Effective.

SEC. 12. And be it enacted, That this act shall
take effect from the date of its passage.

Approved April 7, 1886.

CHAPTER 208.

AN ACT to lay out and establish a new elec-
tion district in Garrett county out of the
First and Tenth Election Districts, and to
be called District Number Twelve.

New district.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General As-
sembly of Maryland, That a new election dis-
trict be laid out and established out of the
First and Tenth Election Districts of Garrett
county, the said new district to be known and
called Number Twelve, of Garrett county.