PUBLIC (lENEUAl. LAWS. XI 



(jfiender or offenders, upon conviction thereof, to 

 .;i fine oi not less than twenty nor more tlian one 

 l\undred dollars for the first offence, and for any 

 second or subsequent offence to such fine, and also 

 in the discretion of the Justice of the Peace, or 

 of the Court before whom the offender may be 

 convicted, to forfeiture of such ark, lighter, vessel 

 or float, and fisliing; outfit, used in such violation 

 thereof. 



Sub-Sec. 10. In case the State of Virginia sliall stateot'Vir- 

 adopt a law similar in its provisions to this Act, siiia. 

 citizens of either State, when arrested for the vio- 

 lation of the provisions of this Article by the 

 police force or other officer of eitlier State, shall 

 be delivered up for trial to the police force, or 

 other officer of the State of which the offender is 

 a citizen, unless arrested for hindrance or disturb- 

 ance of the fisheries on tlie shores of the other 

 State, in violation of any of the provisions of this 

 Article, in which case he shall be tried in snch 

 other State, and in all questions of citizenship the 

 burden of proof shall be on the offender. 



Laws 18G5, Chapter 185, Section 21. Tliis Act 

 repeals Section 21, Article 41, Code Public General 

 Laws and re-enacts the same as given in the text. 



Sec. 21. It shall not be lawful for any person Not lawi'ui 

 uther than the owner, or by the permission of the g°^^'"''^ rave?, 

 owner, to take or carry away from any shore of &c. ^ 

 the Potomac River, below Fort Washington, 

 which has been or may be used as a fishery, any 

 sand, gravel or other matter, that may form a 

 part of said shore, to the amount of twenty 

 bushels or more, and if any person shall felonious- 

 ly steal, take or carry from any shore of the Po- 

 tomac River, below Fort Washington, wdiich has 

 been or may bo used as a fishery, any sand, or 

 gravel or other matter that may form part of said 

 shore, to the amount of twenty bushels or more, 

 such person shall be deemed guilty of larceny, 

 and on conviction thereof in the Circuit Court of 

 the county in which such larceny was committed, 

 shall pay to the own^'r the full value thereof, and 

 be sentenced to the Penitentiary for not less than 

 one year, nor more than live years. 



