§ 139 — Publication of notice of wrecked property

§ 139. Publication of notice of wrecked property. Every sheriff, into\nwhose possession any wrecked property shall come, shall immediately\nthereafter publish a notice directed to all parties interested, for at\nleast four weeks in succession, in one or more of the newspapers\npublished in the county where the property shall have been saved. Every\nsuch notice shall contain a minute description of such wrecked property,\nand every bale, bag, box, cask, piece or parcel thereof, and of the\nmarks, brands, letters and figures on each, and shall state where such\nwrecked property then is, and its actual condition, and the name, if\nknown, of the vessel from which it was taken or case on shore, and of\nthe master and supercargo of such vessel, and the place where such\nvessel then is, and its actual condition. The expense of publishing\nevery notice required to be published relating to wrecks shall be\ncharged on the property or proceeds to which it relates.\n