XXXVUI I'lTBLlO LOCAL LAWS. 



lying wholly, or in }iai't in (Jliarlcs county, (savt; 

 as lierein excepted. ) having in his possession any 

 seine, net, tackle or other contrivance generally 

 used in taking terrapins, or in hauling seines for 

 tish, shall be prima facie evidence of such at- 

 tenij)t l)y such person. 



Sec. 10. ^Ind be it fiiavtcil , That nothing con- 

 tained in this Act, or in the [the] Act passed 

 January Session, eigliteen hundred and seventy, 

 cha])ter sixty-one, shall he Construed to prohibit 

 the citi/.ens of Charles and St. Mary's counties, 

 having a common right to iish in that inlet oi- 

 tributary of the Potomac Eiver, commonly called 

 Wicomico River, save as may conflict with section 

 one of this Act, wliere shores are distinctly marked 

 and designated as tlierein re(|uired. 



1)()K(T1ESTEI{ COLNTY. 



Code PuMie Local Laiu.s, Article !(•. 



Sections"! avd'.l, CIi.a/>ter 4i')i), Latrs 1ST I. /Af 

 l>i<>visio)is of ichie/t, /a.ivc l>eei/ </iren ahore under the 

 head of Caroline Count ij, nmc can.sfiti'fe Sce/ion.s ^ 1 H 

 and 1 11 of this Article. 



Sec. ll.j. .\.ny Justiccof the I'eacc of saidcounty 

 may issue his warrant, directed to the Sheritfor 

 any Constable of t1ie county, against any person 

 ofiending against any of the provisions of the last 

 Pp _^ij ^ two preceding sections, antl upon proof of his guilt 



shall tiiu' him not less than hve nor more than 

 lifty dollars ; and shall also adjudge and condemn 

 as Ibrfeited the boat or vessel in the possession ol' 

 the olfending party, together with the seine useil 

 by such jierson, and all the furniture, tackle and 

 apparel, and all things onboard at the time of her 

 seizure ; and shall direct the Sherilf or Constable 

 to sell the same to the highest bidder for cash, af- 

 ter ten days notice at two of the most}iublic places 

 in the neijrhborhood. 



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Sec. 1 IH. After the payment of the costs of [irose- 

 cuting the otfender, the ])roceeds of the tine, and 

 the sale of the boat and other articles condemned, 

 shall be apportioned in the folhnving manner : 

 racnt'or'SOne-lourth to the Sherilf or Coiustahle making the 

 and foiil'itures arrest and seizure, and the residue aInuil^- ihosi» 

 whom he raav jiave summoned, and avIjo may have 



