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drag-net, set-net, stir-net, fi.sli-ljaskets or fish-pots, 

 weirs or any means or contrivances whatever oi' 

 the nature of a seine, wliicli are known to destroy 

 or capture fish, oi' to destroy or ca])ture tliem hy 

 shooting or strilcing them on tlie ice, one mile 

 ahove tide-water witliin tlie limits of Baltimore 

 county, in this State; Provided., that it may be 

 lawful to fish in anyway in any of the said tribu- 

 taries one mile above the mouth of said tributaries. 



ottendino-. *^'^^'- -■ -^'^"''' ^*'^ '^ enacted, Tliat any person or 



persons so offending against the provisions of the 

 preceding section, shall be liable upon conviction 

 tliereof, by summary process, before any Justice of 

 tlie Peace of this State, in and for Baltimore county, 

 to a penalty of not less than ten nor more than 

 tliirty dollars ; one-third to the informer, one- 

 third to the Constable who may make the arrest, 

 and the balance to the Treasurer of Baltimore 

 (^ounty, to be applied to road and bridge purposes; 

 Provided, tliat any [)erson or pci'sons so offending, 

 on coiiviction tliereof, as aforesaid, who shall re- 

 fuse or fail to pay said fine imposed, and the cost 

 tliereon, such person or persons shall be imprisoned 

 in the county jail of the county aforesaid for not 

 less than ten nor more than twenty days. 



Sec. o. And he // enact Cil, That it shall bo the 



iSherifi'. duty of the Sheriff, Deputy-Sherift' or Constable to 



Avliose attention a violation of the provisions of 

 this Act is called, at once to report the same to 

 a Justice of the Peace, and upon warrant being 

 issu«d, to arrest tlu; offendei- or offenders, and 

 l)i'ing him or tlieni before said Justice for trial: 

 any Constable who fails so to report a case of 

 offence, with the name of the informer, under this 

 Act, when notified as aforesaid, shall himself be 

 liable to a penalty of ten dollars, to be rec(n'eral)h' 

 as like penalties are now recoverable. 



Sec. 4. And l)e it enacted. That any person or 

 persons who may feel himself or themselves ag- 

 grieved by any judgment rendered by a Justice of 

 the Peace, under the ])rovisions of this Act, shall 

 have the right to a])peal to the Circuit Court for 

 Baltimore county, upon the conditions and sub- 

 jegt to the regulations now provided by the gen- 

 eral law regulating the appeals from Justice of 

 the Peace; but the execution of the judgment of tlie 

 Justice of the Peace shall not bo stayed, unless tlie 

 ])arf y appealing shall give bond to the State for dou- 



Appeal. 



