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permission of tlie owner or occupier of land bor- 

 dering on any of the said waters; provided, that 

 any person so ol)taining permission shall not em- 

 ploy in his service any other than a honafde 

 resident of this State. 



Sec. 25. Any person violating the preceding 

 section, shall pay a fine of not less than five nor FrtriHtuvf. 

 more than fifty dollars, and forfeit the boat or 

 v^essel in his possession, together with the wjine, 

 tackle, and all things on board at the time tht- 

 ofl'ence may be committed. 



WYE IIIVER, AND THE RIVERS IN QUEEN 

 ANNE'S AND KENT COUNTIES. 



Sec. 26. If any person shall haul a seine in 

 Wye River, or any of the rivers of Queen Anne's 

 or Kent counties, without the permission of the 

 ow^ner or occupant of the shore where such seine 

 may be hauled, sucli owner or occupant may seize Owuoi- a^v 

 by way of distress the seine, boat, tackle and ^'"^^ ^''"'^' 

 everything on board the boat, and may have the 

 damages sustained by him, by reason of such 

 hauling of a seine, ascertained by a Justice of the 

 Peace, or by three citizens to be summoned and 

 sworn by a Justice of the Peace, and when the 

 damages are so ascertained, the owner or occupent 

 of such shore may have the seine, boat and articles 

 so distrained, appraised, and sold to pay such 

 damages. 



Sec. 27. All fines and penalties imposed by the 

 preceding sections of this Article, if they do not 

 exceed one hundred dollars, may be recovered by 

 action of debt in the name of the State before a ^^^^^J^I ^■^" 

 Justice of the Peace, and if over one hundred 

 dollars, by indictment in the Circuit Court for the 

 county where the offence is committed. 



Sec. 28. If the name of the ofi'ender be un- Warrant 

 known, he may be arrested on a warrant describ-j^ [fnj^no^n.^' 

 ing him as the person committing the offence, 

 without stating bis name in the warrant. 



Sec. 29. All forfeitures of property incurred 

 under this Article may be enforced in this way ; 

 the Sheriff or Constable shall, on complaint made 

 to him, seize the property alleged to be so forfeit- Seizure 

 ed, and give notice to the owner the:-eof, if the 



