X PUBLIC GENKflAL LAWS. 



law. And it sliall he the duty of any Sherifi'', 

 ConRtable, or other officer so autliorized under said 

 Article, with or without warrant, to arrest any 

 person or persons violating the provisions of thi.s- 

 Article, and to seize any such seine, net, boat or 

 other fishing outfit^ in cases where forfeiture of 

 the sauie is provided, and found being used in 

 violating any of said provisions, and to bring such 

 offender or ofienders before a Justice of the Peace 

 most accessible or convenient, to be dealt with a.s 

 herein provided. 



j3t»ki by J^^e- Sub-Sec. 7. All vcsscls or other property con- 

 demned under the provisions of this Article, shall 

 be sold by the Sheriff, or other officer, making the 

 seizure, on ten days' notice, and the proceeds of 

 sale, after deducting the expenses thereof, shall be 

 paid over to the Clerk of the Circuit Court of the 

 county, to be disposed of as herein provided, 



Fi'ses paid into Sub-Scc. 8. All moucy arising from the sale of 

 Trrasnrj. licenses, or from fines, penalties and forfeitures 

 imposed under this Article, shall by the Comp- 

 troller be paid into the Treasury, and placed to 

 the credit of the Oyster Fund, and the State's 

 portions of such fines and forfeitures shall be paid 

 by the Sheriff" or other officer collecting the same, 

 to the Clerk of the Circuit Court of the county 

 where the same may accrue, and such Clerk shall 

 : account for the same to the Comptroller of the 

 Treasury in his annual return; and the command- 

 Duty of Oyster ing officer of the "State Oyster Police Force" is 

 ice 01 ce. j^gj-gj^y ^.i-^^j-g-ed with the enforcement of the pro- 

 visions of this Article; and it shall bo his duty to 

 enforce the same, as provided in sections twenty- 

 one, twenty-two and twenty-three of the Act of 

 Assembly of eighteen hundred and sixty-eight, 

 Chapter four hundred and six, in regard to Oys- 

 ters; and the Commissioners of the State Oyster 

 Police Force are hereby constituted also Commis- 

 sioners of Fisheries in the Potomac Eiver. 



Not to fish in Sub-Scc. 0. It sluill be unlawful hereafter for 

 Potomac river ^^^y porson or pcrsons to fish in the Potomac Ptivcr 

 from Avhat are known as "Arks or Lighters," or 

 from any kind of vessel or float, by whatever name 

 called, in or upon which such persons may live, or 

 may exclusively occupy, but all such fishing shall 

 be wdth or from regular seine or gilling boats. 

 Any violation of this section shall subject the 



