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WORCESTER COUNT V. 



Laics of LS70, ('//('/)/< I- ]'.)(). St'('t'n>ii -1 of iliis 

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 rr-fjiarf.'s ihc fictme trifh amcndmenl.s. 



See. 2. Be U enacted, That if any pin-sou (ir })er-^iistii "f 

 sons, sliall Imul or iisli witli any .seine or seines ^'^'"'''' 

 nver one liundred fallionis in length, in Synapnx- 

 ciit Bay or its tributaries, or in any of tlie bays 

 or their tributaries, on the eastern side of Worces- 

 ter county, above tlie line of Virginia, he or they 

 sIkiI] be lined in a sum not exceeding one liundred 

 dollars for the iirst offence and two liundred (hiL 

 hirs for every subsequent offence, with all costs ac- 

 rruing in tlie in-osecution of such offender or otfen- 

 ilers. 



Laws 18()8, Chapter 442, enact — 



Sec. 2. And he it enacted, Tliat no gill-net, i^et- ''en-iity tjr 

 seine or other contrivance for catching iish, (other- """^• 

 wise than a liauling seine) in any of the Avaters 

 iil'oresaid, shall exceed in length or extent sevent\''- 

 iive iathoms, and any person o;* jjersons so offend- 

 ing', shall forfeit and pay one liundred dollars, 

 logether v;itli all costs and cliarges in the ])rose- 

 cutioii of such offender or oiTenders. 



Sec. o. And, Ji- U enacted, That the oifencesi''^a';'i '■'etore 

 named or contemplated by this Act may be heard ivac'e^ ^ 

 by any Justice of the Peace of this State, before 

 whom the offending l^arty or }>arties may be 

 brought, or any Justice of the Peace of this State, 

 who, npon information shall issue a warrant for 

 the apprehension of any such offender or offenders: 

 the said Justice upon hearing proof may either 

 discharge the accused, or cause him or them to 

 enter into recognizance, with sureties, in double 

 the amount of the penalty, for any violation of the 

 provisions of this Act, to appear at the then ses- 

 sion of the next term of the Circuit Court for 

 Worcester county, to answer for the offence and 

 to satisfy the judgment which may be rendered 

 against him or them therefor, or in default thereof, 

 the said party or jiarties to be committed to the 

 County Jail until such recognizance be given. 



