WM. T. HAMILTON, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR.

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SEC. 207. And be it enacted, That all articles

hereinbefore enumerated, seized and condemned

under the provisions of this act, shall be sold by

the constable or sheriff, or other officer of the

county in which such condemnation may be made,

Sold at pub-
lic sale.

at public sale, after giving twenty days' notice of

the time and place of such sale by advertisement

in one newspaper in the county where such con-

demnation 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 said 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, to wit : one-half to the in-

former and the other half to the commissioners

Proceeds-

of said county for the benefit of the school fund

how divided.

of said county; if among the articles so seized

and condemned there should be a big or swivel

gun, the same shall not be sold, but shall at once

be destroyed or rendered useless by the officer in

custody thereof.

SEC. 208. And be it enacted, That nothing in this

act contained shall be construed to repeal, modify

How con-

or in any manner interfere with the provisions of

strued.

the act of eighteen hundred and seventy-two,

chapter fifty-four, entitled an act to exempt all

that portion of the waters of the Chesapeake bay

lying northward of a certain line therein de-

scribed from the operation and effects of sections

one and three of article ninety-eight of the Code

of Public General Laws, title'" Wild Fowl," and

to re-enact other sections to be in force and opera-

tion in, on and over said waters; nor the act of

eighteen hundred and seventy-four, chapter three

hundred and eighty-four, entitled an act to amend

Still in force.

the act of January session, eighteen hundred and

seventy-two, chapter fifty-four, entitled an act to

exempt all that portion of the waters of Chesa-

peake bay lying northward of a certain line

therein described from the operation and effects

of sections one and three of article ninety-eight

of the Code of Public General Laws, title " Wild

Fowl," and to enact other sections to be in force

and operation in, on and over said waters, by