1839.

LAWS OF MARYLAND.

CHAP. 29.

river and its tributary streams, and the supplements there-
to, impose a fine of not less than five dollars nor more than
fifty dollars for every such offence, to be levied upon the

To condemn
and sell all
boats, &c.

body, goods and chattels of the offender; and the said jus-
tice shall adjudge and condemn as forfeited, all boats, ves-
sels and apparatus, guns, powder and shot, seized as in
the possession of the party offending, and shall cause the
same to be sold to the highest bidder upon ten days notice,

Distribution.

one half of the proceeds whereof, after deducting necessa-
ry costs for the use of the officer so making the seizure,
and the persons summoned by him, in equal proportions,
and the other half for the use of the county.

Bond to be giv-
en for proper
conduct.

SEC. 4. And be it enacted, That if it shall appear to the
justice of the peace before whom any offender under this
law and the existing laws upon the same subject, shall be
brought, that no violation of the same has been actually
committed, and it shall also appear from circumstantial
proof that there is just reason to believe, that such viola-
tion of the law is or was proposed by the party or parties
so brought before him, the said justice of the peace shall
require the party or parties so brought before him to enter
into bond with sureties to the State of Maryland in the
penal sum of five hundred dollars conditioned for his pro-
per conduct in the premises, and that he will refrain from

any violation of said laws, and in default of giving such
bond he shall be committed to the common jail of the
county, to answer such charges as may be brought against
him, at the next succeeding term thereafter; and in such
case the vessels, boats and property so seized, if any shall
remain in possession of the officer making such seizure,
liable to be redeemed, if such offender should be discharg-
ed by the court, upon payment of reasonable charges for
their safe keeping, to be adjudged by a justice of the peace
upon motion on a case stated or otherwise to be subject to
the action and judgment of the said county court.

Right of appeal.

SEC. 5. And be it enacted, That if any party shall feel
aggrieved by the decision of any justice of the peace, up-
on any case brought before him under the laws of the
State, for the preservation of wild fowl in the Potomac
river and its tributary streams, he shall have the privilege
within ten days after such decision to appeal from said

Proviso.

judgment to the next county court; provided, that no such
appeal shall operate any stay upon the proceedings direc-
ted by said justice, unless a bond be given to the State of
Maryland in the penalty of five hundred dollars condition-
ed for the prosecution of said appeal, which bond shall be