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counties the requisite number of such blank licenses, and take receipt 

 for the same, and for other licenses furnished; and said clerk shall. 

 on the first Monday in July and December, of each year, return to 

 the comptroller a list and account of such licenses issued by them 

 and at the end of each year shall return all unused blank licenses 

 to him, and shall pay over to the comptroller all the moneys received 

 by them for such license, which amount the said comptroller shall 

 place to the credit of the oyster fund. 



94. It shall not be lawful for any person in taking fish for sale by 

 the use of pound nets, fykes or other contrivances, now known or 

 hereafter invented, to set such pound nets, fyke nets or other con- 

 trivances, now known or hereafter invented, in waters of the Chesa- 

 peake bay, within the jurisdictional limits of the State of Maryland, 

 and below Pool's island, in the Chesapeake bay, at a greater length 

 than 800 yards from low water mark ; and any person violating this 

 section shall, upon conviction thereof, before some justice of the peace 

 of any county of this State most accessible, shall [Sic.] be fined the 

 sum of not less than twenty or more than one hundred dollars, or 

 shall forfeit said net or nets, together with the boats and tackles 

 used in the violation of sections 90, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, of 

 this article, or both fine and forfeiture, at the discretion of the jus- 

 tice of the peace trying the same; provided, that the party feeling 

 aggrieved shall have the right of appeal as in other cases tried before 

 justices of the peace; and provided further, that in case of appeal, 

 the person appealing shall give to the State of Maryland a good and 

 sufficient bond, covering double the amount of the fine or forfeiture, 

 in case of forfeit, so as to secure to the State the amount of fine and 

 forfeiture, in case he does not prosecute his appeal with effect. 



95. Any non-resident of this State violating either sections 90, 91, 

 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, or 98 of this article, by the use of any pound 

 net, fyke net, haul seine or other contrivance, now known or here- 

 after invented, in the taking or catching of fish, shall, on conviction 

 thereof, before some justice of the peace of any county of this State 

 most accessible, forfeit said pound net, fyke net, haul seine or other 

 contrivance, now used or hereafter invented for taking fish, together 

 with all boats, vessels, tackle used in violation of this act, or fined a 

 sum of not less than fifty dollars and not more than one hundred 

 dollars, or both fine and forfeiture, in the discretion of the justice 

 of the peace trying the same, provided the person feeling aggrieved 

 shall have the right of appeal to the circuit court of said county, 

 under the provisions, of the 94th section of this article. 



96. It shall be the duty of the commander of the State fishery force 

 to command the deputies under his charge, to see that the provisions 

 of sections 90 to 98, inclusive, of this article, are not violated, and to 

 arrest all persons found violating any provisions of sections 90 to 

 98 inclusive, of this article, and take the said offender or offenders 

 to the nearest or most accessible justice of the peace of any of the 

 counties of this State, to be dealt with according to law. 



97. All fines collected by the justices of the peace, under the pro- 

 visions of sections 90 to 98, inclusive, of this article, shall, within 

 ten days thereafter, be paid to the clerk of the Circuit Court of the 

 county in which the justice of the peace may reside, and by the said 

 clerk be paid into the Treasury of the State, to be credited to the 

 Oyster Fund, and that the provisions of these sections of the sub- 



