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conviction thereof, be sentenced to the penitentiary for a term 

 of not less than one year or more than two years. 



SECTION 116. In addition to other penalties herein provided, 

 any person convicted of a violation of this Act under either of 

 the three preceding sections, shall be, and is hereby, denied 

 the right to take out any license to dredge, scrape or tong for 

 oysters in any waters of this State, for the period of three 

 years after said conviction. 



SECTION 117. It shall be the duty of all officers and mem- 

 bers of the State Fishery Force to arrest persons violating this 

 Act, and to patrol such waters of the Chesapeake Bay and its 

 tributaries as they may be directed by the Board of Public 

 Works to patrol, for the purpose of preventing violations of 

 this Act. 



SECTION 118. The revenues arising from the operation of 

 this Act shall be applied in the following manner: First, to 

 the payment of all salaries, expenses, surveys, outlays and dis- 

 bursements authorized by this Act ; second, the balance, if any, 

 to be paid at the end of each year into the Treasury of the 

 State, leaving, however, a balance at the end of each year of 

 Ten Thousand Dollars with the Board of Shell Fish Commis- 

 sioners, to be applied to the current expenses of its office for 

 the ensuing year. All moneys so paid as aforesaid into the 

 Treasury of the State shall be placed to the credit of a special 

 fund, called the "Special Road Fund." 



SECTION 119. The Board of Shell Fish Commissioners shall 

 annually prepare and publish in pamphlet form a full report of 

 its transactions during the year prior thereto, as well as a 

 statement of the operations of this Act, and an account of the 

 receipts and disbursements hereunder. The said report shall 

 also contain a detailed statement of the lands leased under this 

 Act, with the names of the lessees. The said Commissioners 

 shall also in its report make such recommendations as it may 

 deem proper concerning further legislation or changes in the 

 present oyster laws, and shall present the said report to the 

 General Assembly of Maryland. 



SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That this Act shall take effect 

 from the date of its passage, and all laws of Maryland incon- 



