506

LAWS OF MARYLAND.

or cases an immediate .hearing, or at the in-
stance of the party or parties charged, shall

Immediate
hearing.

appoint some early day within the next ten
days to hear the case, the party or parties
charged giving such good and sufficient bail
as said Judge or Justice shall require for his
or their appearance at trial, and the said ves-
sel shall be held and safely kept at the cost
of the party charged, or of the said vessel, as the
case may be; and in case the master, owner,
or other person in charge of said vessel shall
or shall not be arrested, then the vessel used
in violation of this act, shall be seized, and the
charge against the same shall be heard by the
said Judge or Justice of the Peace, and she

Seize vessel.

shall be dealt with as hereinafter provided ;
and if the said master, owner or other person
in charge of said vessel shall not appear after
giving bail as hereinbefore provided, then in
either case the Judge or Justice of the Peace
may proceed to hear the case, and to deter-
mine whether or not the said vessel has been
employed in violation of this act, and any ves-
sel so employed is hereby declared to be for-
feited; and in case the said Judge or Justice
shall find the vessel has been so unlawfully
employed, then he shall declare the same to be
forfeited, and shall so enter upon his docket,

Forfeited.

together with all her tackle, apparel, appurte-
nances, boats, sails and rigging, and he shall
authorize and direct any Sheriff or Deputy-
Sheriff to sell said vessel, together with all
the apparel, tackle, boats and other things be-
longing thereto, at public auction, to the high-
est bidder for cash, after giving at least twenty
days' notice of the time and place of said sale,
printed in some newspaper published in the
county in which the case may be tried; and
the said officer shall be allowed the actual

Sell.

expenses of seizure, sale and keeping of said
vessel and poundage fees, and the proceeds of
said sale shall be first applied to the payment
of all the costs, charges and expenses of the
seizure, trial and sale of the said vessel, and
the balance of said proceeds, if any, shall be