Any violation of thi,«i seotioa shall subject the 

 offender or offenders, upon conviction thereof, to' 

 ;i. tine of riot less than twenty nor more than on(? 

 hundred dollars for the first offence, and for any 

 second dt subsequent offence to such, fine, and also 

 in the discretion of the .Ju«tice of the Peace, of 

 of the Court before whom the offender may be 

 convicted, to forfeiture of such ark, lighter, vessel 

 or float, and fishinjj; outfit, used in sucli violation 

 thereof. 



Siib-8ec. 10. In case the Stiite of Virginia ihall.suie of tif 

 adopt a law similar in its provisions to this Act, ^'"'*' 

 citizens of either »State, when arrested for the vio- 

 lation of the ])rovisions of this Article by the 

 policy force or otlier officer of either State, shall 

 lie delivered up for trial to the police force, or 

 iither ofHccr of tlic tStatc of which the offender is a 

 citizen, unless arrested for liindrance or disturb- 

 ance of the fisheries on the sliores ot the other 

 State, in violation of any of the provisions of this 

 Article, in which case he shall be tried in sucli 

 other 8tate, and in all (questions of citizenship the 

 burden of ])i'oof shall be on the oft'ender, 



LoAijs l.SGo, C/utp. [So, Sf-cL 21. This Act r^^ 

 j>eals Heel. 21, Jrf. 41, Code Public Genernl Lay," 

 end rc-enncls ilic sotiif^. (/v t/irrr/ in fjif ipx! . 



Sec. 21, It shall not bf» lawful for any iterson ^"t lawful 



ii L\ ii 1 ,1. •' • / to carry away 



other than tlie owner, or by tue permission oi<:and, .travel," 



the owner, to take or carry away from any shore &c. 



of the Totomac River, below Fort Washington, 



which has been or may l)e used as a fishery, any 



sand, gravel or other matter, that may form a 



part of said shore, to tlie amount of twenty bushels 



or more, and if any person shall feloniously steal, 



take or carry away from any shore of the Potomac 



River, below Fort Washington, which has been 



or may be used as a fishery, any sand, or gravel 



or other matter that may form part of said shore, 



to the amount of twenty ])ushels or more, such 



person shall be deemed guilty of larceny, and on 



conviction thereof in the Circuit Court of the 



county in which such larceny was committed. 



shall pay to the owner the full value thereof, and 



be sentenced to the Penitentiary for not less than 



one vear, nor more than five vears. 



