PUCLIO LOCAL LAW8. XLIX 



Scetiom 60 aiidCA are repealed by Art. 24, Dcda- 

 rat ion of Eights, Const. 3Id.,p. 18. 



Sec. 62. Any person may destroy or remove any iia}- lawfuii;* 

 seine staked or fixed across said river to obstruct '^'^™°^° ^"^*^ 

 the passage of fish, and if he be sued therefor, be 

 may plead the general issue, and give the special 

 matter in evidence. 



Sec. 63. Every Justice of the Peace who shall -'"^'''cc .shall 



, , . . ,. . account. 



receive any money under the provisions or section 

 61 of this Article, shall, under the penalty of one 

 hundre^fl dollars, account for the same to the Connty 

 Commissioners of said county. 



Laws 1874, Chapter 383, enact — 



Sec. 1. Be it enacted bt/' the Ceneral Assembly 

 of 31avyland, That from and after the passage of 

 this Act, it shall not be lawful for any person or 

 persons, except resident citizens of Somerset coun- i^ent,\*jjjjfj' 

 ty to fix, set or stake out any sort of gill-net, cither 

 stationary or floating, any device whatsoever, for 

 the catching or taking ot herring, shad or other 

 kind of fish in the waters of Monie Bay, Monio 

 Creek, or its tributaries in Somerset county. 



Sec. 2. And be it enacted, That any person or 

 persons viohating the ])rovisions of the preceding 

 section shall be arrested, and the boats, seines and I'l^'it'ty. 

 materials using in fishing sliall be seized; and 

 upon conviction thereof before any Justice of the 

 Peace for Somerset county, shall 1x3 fined not less 

 than fifty, nor more than two hundred dollars; one 

 half of said fine to go to the officer making the 

 .arrest, and the other half to the school fund of said 

 county. 



Sec. 3. And, be it enacted, That in default of the F<nfeUuic. 

 payment of the fine provided in the second section 

 of this Act, the said boat or boats, seines and ma- 

 terials used in fishing, the same so seized shall be 

 condemned, and sold to pay said fine and costs, 

 after giving ten days' notice thereof by handbills 

 posted near the place of seizure, and if the owner 

 or owners of any propert3'"so seized shall beam- 

 known, or sliall make his escape, or shall fail t@. 

 appear within five days after such seizure, the said, 

 property shall be condemned and sold as is herein- 

 before provided. 



