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Possession of
wild fowl.
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SEC. 191. The possession by any person not a resident of
Charles county, within said county, of any wild water fowl,
dead or alive, shall be considered prima facie evidence of the
violation of section one hundred and eighty-nine, and the find-
ing of any such non-resident, upon any of the tributaries of
the Potomac river lying wholly or in part within Charles
county, having in his, her or their possession any gun, except-
ing such as are usually discharged from the shoulder at arms
length, shall be considered prima facie evidence of such
attempt by such person or persons.
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Duty of
sheriff and
constable.
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SEC. 192. It shall be lawful for any citizen, and it shall be
the duty of the sheriff or any constable of the county, to
arrest, with or without warrant, any person violating or
attempting to violate any provision of this act, and to take
such person or persons before some justice of the peace of the
county for trial, and to seize any boat, vessel or launch pro-
pelled by steam or otherwise, together with any gun or guns,
and everything found on such boat, vessel or launch pertaining
thereto and used in such violation, and to give notice to the
owner thereof, if he can be found, to appear before a justice
of the peace of the county, on a certain day, to show cause
why the property so seized should not be condemned; and if
the owner of the property so seized shall evade the service of
said notice or can not be found, then the sheriff or constable,
or citizen making the arrest, may give notice by the publica-
tion in some newspaper published in the county, or may set up
notice at three of the most public places in the neighborhood
of the seizures, warning the owners of such property to appear
before a justice of the peace of the county to be named
therein, on a day certain, not less than ten days from the time
of seizure, to show cause why the said property should not be
condemned.
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Condemna-
tion of
property.
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SEC. 193. If upon hearing in any case of seizure as afore-
said, the justice of the peace is satisfied that the owner or
person having charge of the property so seized is guilty of the
violation of any of the provisions of this act, then such justice
of the peace shall adjudge the property so seized to be con-
demned, and shall order the same to be sold by the sheriff or
constable seizing the same, after ten days' public notice, given
by notices posted at three of the most public places in the
neighborhood; and in case such seizure shall be made by any
citizen other than the sheriff or constable, then the property
shall be sold on ten days' public notice as aforesaid, by the
sheriff or any constable the said justice may designate.
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