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acquitted of said charge then such articles so seized shall be
returned to him, but if he be convicted of said charge, then
such officer shall, after giving ten days notice, sell all of such
articles so seized at public sale for cash, and the amount re-
ceived for the same, after deducting the costs of such sale, in-
cluding a commission of five per centum of the amount thereof
as commissions to the officer making such sale, shall be paid
over to the State's Attorney for Garrett County.

32B. Any person violating any of the provisions of Sec-
tion 32A of this Act shall, upon conviction thereof, be fined
not less than one hundred dollars ($100) nor more than five
hundred dollars ($500), or be imprisoned not less than three
months nor more than six months, or be both fined and im-
prisoned in the discretion of the court, for the first offense.
For a second offense, and for each succeeding offense, the
penalty shall be imprisonment for not less than six months nor
more than two years. All moneys received from fines under
this section shall be payable to the County Treasurer.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take
effect June 1, 1922.

Approved April 13th, 1922.

CHAPTER 504.

AN ACT to authorize the Police Commissioner of Baltimore
City to pay a pension to James G. Higgins.

(Vetoed.)

CHAPTER 505.

AN ACT authorizing the Police Commissioner of Baltimore
City to pay Ex-Detective Sergeant James K. Dick, the pay
of a retired and pensioned Detective Sergeant.

(Vetoed.)

CHAPTER 506.

AN ACT to authorize the Police Commissioner of Baltimore
City to pay a pension to Charles Slunt.