rUBLK^ (lENKllAL T.AWf^. XV 



the penuissioi] of the owner or occupier of land 

 hordering on any of tlie said waters : Provided, 

 that any person so obtaining* permission sliall not 

 emphiv in liis service any other than a hona fide 

 resident of tliis State. 



Sec. 25. Any person violating the preceding 

 section, sliall pay a tine of not less than five nor Fo^t■eitu^^^, 

 more than fifty dollars, and forfeit the boat or 

 vessel in his possession, together witli the seine, 

 taclvle, and all things on board at the time the 

 offence niav bo (Committed. 



WYE RIVEK, AND THE KIVERS IN QUEEN 

 ANNE'S AND KENT COUNTIES. 



Sec. 2G. If any person shall haul a seine in 

 Wye Iliver, or any of the rivers of Queen Anne's 

 or Kent counties, without the" permission of the 

 owner or occupant of the shore where such seine 

 may be hauled, such owner or occu})ant mav seize 9^^^y ™^^ 



»/ / !_ •-/ seize sfeinp. 



by wiix of distress the seine, boat, tackle and 

 everytliing on board tlie boat, and may' have the 

 damages sustained by him, by reason of such 

 hauling of a, seine, ascertained by a Justice <jf the 

 Peace, or by three citizens to be summoned and 

 sworn by a Justice of the Peace, and wlien the 

 damages arc so ascertained, the owner m- occu- 

 pant of such shore may have the seine, boat and 

 articles so distrained, appraised, anil sold to pay 

 such damages. 



Sec. 27. All lines and penalties imposed by th<^ 

 preceding sections of this Article, it tliey do not 

 exceed one hundred dollars, may be recovered bv 

 action of debt in the name of the State before a J^-'^^:,l^^ ^Z'. 

 Justice of the Peace, and if over one hundred dol- 

 lars, by indictment in the Circuit Court lor the 

 county wJiere the ofi'ence is committed. 



Sec. 2S. if tiic name of the (jfYender be un- 

 known, he may be arrested on a warrant dcscri- ^herYoSender 

 bjt)g liiui as the [)erson committing the offence, '^ uni^io^Tn. 

 without stating iiis name in the warrant. 



Sec. 2U. All f<u"feitures of ],)roperty incurred 

 under this Article may be enforced in this way : 

 (he Shci"iff 01- Constable shall, on complaint made 

 to him, seize the property alleged to be so fo]'-o<,;„,.„ 

 felted, ami give notice to the owner thereof, if 



