The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1872-03-29

Visions OF this Act. snail be sold Dy the IONS
table or Sheriff the county in which such
condemnation may be made, at public sale,
after giving twenty days notice OF the
time and place of such sale, by advertise
mcnt in one newspaper in the county where
such condemnation may be made, and by
written or printed notice being posted up
at four of the most public places within
two miles of the place of such sale, to the
! highest bidder, for cash; and the proceeds
of such sale, or sales, after deducting all
the legal expenses of seizure, condemnation
and sale, shall be divided as follows, viz:
one-half to the officer making the seizure,
and the other half to the person or persons,
aiding the officer in making the same.
Sec. 1G. And be it enacted, That John
Mahan and Henry j. Poplar, of Hartford
county, and Benjamin Die, of Cecil coun-
ty, and their successors, be, and they are
hereby appointed Il Board of Special Po-
lice with power and authority to appoint
as many deputies from among those who
take out license under the provisions of
this act as in their judgment may be me-
cessary to enforce the provisions ofthis Act,
with powers to arrest without warrant all
persons who may be detected by them in
violating any of its provisions, and to car
~ such person or persons before Justice
of the Peace, to be dealt with according to
the provisions of this Act; and said Spe
cal Police shall be paid for their services,
reasonable sum, to be fixed by the Judges
of the Circuit Court of the county in which
such services are rendered, out of the mon
eys, and no otner, received by the Clerks
OF the Circuit Courts of Hartford and Cecil
counties, for licenses issued by them, for
the privilege of shooting wild-fowl ; and
in case there should be surplus remain
ing, after paying said police force, such sur
plus shall be paid over at the expiration Of
each cunning season, to the School Com
missioners of Hartford and Cecil counties,
respectively, to be applied to school pur-
poses; and all vacancies that may occur
from any cause in the said Board of Spe-
cial Police, shall be filled by the County
Commissioners of the county wherein such
vacancies may happen.
Sec. II. And be it enacted, That any
party, or parties, against whom any Justice
of the Peace may render q judgment under
this Act, either to pay fine, or ofcondem-
nation of property, may at any time with
in ten days from the rendition ofsuch judg-
ment appeal from such judgment to the
Circuit Court of the county wherein the
same may have been rendered; but no ex.
ecution or sale shall be stayed unless the
party appealing, shall give bond, with two
sufficient securities, to be approved of by
the Justice, to the State of Maryland, in
double the value of the property condemn
ed, or of the fine imposed as the case may
be, with condition to prosecute such APP
peal with effect, to the Circuit Court, at its
For 10 no al
ne of the property condemned and fine i'm
posed, and all costs attending such pro-
ceedingS, in case judgment shall be con-
irmed.
SEC. 10. And be it enacted, That if any
person shall violate any of the provisions of
this Act, he shall be deemed guilty of q
misdemeanor, and shall be liable for the
fine imposed for such violation, and the
same may be recovered by action of debt,
in the name of the State, before q Justice
of the Peace of either Hartford, Kent or Ce-
Gil county, or by indictment in the Circuit
Court Of either of said counties; and when
any person is convicted of the violation of
any of the provisions of this Act, and refus-
es or neglects to pay the fine for which
judgment is given against him, he shall be
committed to the county Jail for period
Of time not less than forty, and not more
than forty days; but the party or parties,
So committed, to be released on the pay
ment of the fine, costs and Jail expenses
SEC. 10. And be it enacted, That for
the time intervening between the time of
the passage of this Act, and the thirty first
day of March, next ensuing, each person
applying for license for sink-boX, or
for sneak-boat, shall pay for each, respec-
lively, proportionatc sum for said time,
or for any shorter time.
Sec. 20. And be it enacted, That Justices
of the Peace for Hartford, Kent and for Ce-
Gil county, and the Circuit Courts of said
counties, shall have concurrent jurisdic-
ton in all cases that may arise under the
provisions of this Act; and any person or
persons arrested on the waters Of the Ches-
apeake Bay, northward of the line named
and described in the first section of this
Act, for violation of any of its provisions,
may be conveyed to either Hartford, Kent
or Cecil county for trial, and there tried
before the proper tribunal.
SEC. 81. And be it enacted That no
person holding license to gun for, or Of
ter wild water fowl, shall be allowed to
anchor, or otherwise make stationery, any
sink-boX, sneak-boat or any other vessel,
or craft, on the waters lying northward of
the line named in section one, of this Act
on any Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday or
Sunday, during the cunning season, for
wild water fowl, as fixed by this Act and
any person violating this section, shall be
fined not less than twenty. five, nor more
than fifty dollars, to be recovered before a
Justice of the Peace, as debts of like
amount are recoverable; one-half thereof
to be paid to the officer making the arrest,
and the other half to those assisting in
making the arrest.
SEC. 20. And be it enacted, That the
Commander of the State Police Force shall
have and is hereby invested with concur
rent jurisdiction and authority with the
Board of Special Police appointed by the
10Th section of this act to arrest without
warrant for any violation of this law.
Sec. 90. And he it enacted, That this
Act shall take effect, and be in operation,
from the date ofits passage, and all laws, or
parts Of laws, relating to killing or shoot
ing at wild-fowl, northward of the line
named and described in section one, of this
Act, inconsistent herewith, are hereby re-
pealed.
Approved March 1st, 1872.
We hereby certify that the aforegoing is
true copy of an act passed the General
Assembly of Maryland at the January ses-
sion, 1872.
! AUGUSTUS GASSAWAY,
Secretary of the Senate.