PARRIS N. GLENDENING, Governor

Ch. 31

[3.

If the owner of an estray demands it and shall prove by one credible witness
examined before any court in the county his title thereto, the same shall be delivered to
him upon his paying the expenses incurred by the person taking up and keeping the same,
including the cost of advertising.]

[4.

If no person claims an estray within thirty days after the same shall be so advertised
as aforesaid, then the person taking up the same shall apply to the court of competent
jurisdiction in the county, who upon being satisfied that the notices heretofore directed
have been given, shall order him to sell the same at public auction on ten days' notice to
be set up at three of the most public places of the neighborhood, and after deducting
from the proceeds of sale all expenses incident to taking up, keeping, advertising and
selling the same, the residue shall be retained by the person selling the same, unless the
owner of such estray shall within twelve months from time of sale claim such residue and
prove before a judge that he is entitled thereto.]

[5.

If any person shall take up an estray and shall fail to comply with the provisions of
§§1-4, he shall forfeit and pay ten dollars as well as his interest in said estray.]

When any person shall discover, take up and secure any flatboat or other vessel
driven from any place of mooring, landing, harbor or river, or from any other vessel, he
shall, within ten days thereafter, give notice thereof to the court of competent jurisdiction
for the county where such flatboat or other vessel is taken up and secured, and the judge
shall deliver to the party giving such notice an advertisement describing in the best
manner the build and marks of such flatboat or vessel and the name of such person and
place of his abode, copies of which advertisement the said party shall, within ten days
after the date thereof, cause to be set up in the most public places of the county, and
within thirty days after such date procure the same to be inserted in some daily
newspaper published in the City of Baltimore.]

[10.

Upon proof of property by the oath of the owner of such flatboat or other vessel, or
otherwise, before a court, and upon payment of reasonable costs and charges for the
same, the person so taking up and securing the same shall deliver the said flatboat or
other vessel to the owner thereof.]

[11.

If any person shall take and secure any flatboat or other vessel driven from any
place of mooring, landing or harbor, or from any other vessel, and shall fail to comply
with the provisions of §§ 9 and 10, he shall forfeit the sum of ten dollars, to be recovered
as small debts before a court of competent jurisdiction of the county where the party
charged may reside. If the forfeiture is imposed by a circuit court for any county, it shall
be recovered by the owner of the flatboat or other vessel.]

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