Ch. 31

1997 LAWS OF MARYLAND

[12.

All persons claiming logs cast by wind and tide upon any shore bordering upon the
Chesapeake Bay and its tributaries are prohibited from removing the same without the
payment to the owner of said shore of the sum of twenty-five cents for each log so
removed.]

[13.

The owner of any shore upon which logs are so cast may advertise such logs by one
insertion each week for three successive weeks in some newspaper published in the State
of Maryland of a public notice calling upon the owner of said logs to remove them, after
the payment of twenty-five cents for each log so removed and the cost of said
advertisement in addition thereto.]

[14.

If the said logs are not removed after such publication, the owner of any shore may
sell such logs to the highest bidder by giving notice of his intention so to do by an
additional advertisement for three successive weeks, as aforesaid, mentioning the time
and place of sale.]

[15.

Any owner of a shore so selling shall be responsible for the excess of such sale over
the sum of twenty-five cents for each log sold and the cost of the aforesaid advertisements
and sale.]

[16.

Nothing contained in §§ 12 - 15 shall be construed to deny to the owner of any
shore a right to an additional compensation for special damages, such as the destruction
of fences, the lodging of logs upon cultivated fields, or other similar injuries.]

[17.

Any person removing logs from a shore without complying with the provisions of §§
12 - 16 shall be fined not less than fifty nor more than one hundred dollars, one half of
which shall be paid to the informer; provided, such removal shall be effected before said
logs have been advertised according to § 13.]

[18.

Any person so removing said logs after they have been advertised for sale as
aforesaid shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be fined in a sum not less
than fifty nor more than one hundred dollars, or be imprisoned in the jail of the county in
which said misdemeanor may be committed for a term not less than three nor more than
twelve months, or be both fined and imprisoned in the discretion of the court before
which such misdemeanor may be tried.]

[19.

Any owner or claimant of logs cast by wind and tide upon the land or shore of the
Chesapeake Bay or its tributaries, or any person or persons for him or them who shall

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