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  LOCAL 
  LAWS. 
  

  

  16. 
  

  

  day 
  of 
  August 
  and 
  the 
  fifteenth 
  day 
  of 
  May 
  in 
  each 
  

   and 
  every 
  year. 
  

  

  Sec. 
  2. 
  And 
  he 
  it 
  further 
  enacted, 
  That 
  any 
  per- 
  

   son 
  violating 
  any 
  of 
  the 
  provisions 
  of 
  the 
  preceding 
  

   section 
  shall, 
  upon 
  conviction 
  before 
  a 
  justice 
  of 
  the 
  

   peace 
  of 
  said 
  county, 
  be 
  fined 
  not 
  less 
  than 
  three 
  

   dollars 
  nor 
  more 
  than 
  ten 
  dollars 
  for 
  each 
  offence, 
  

   and 
  upon 
  failure 
  to 
  pay 
  said 
  fine 
  and 
  the 
  cost 
  of 
  

   prosecution 
  shall 
  be 
  sentenced 
  to 
  be 
  confined 
  in 
  the 
  

   county 
  jail 
  for 
  a 
  period 
  not 
  less 
  than 
  five 
  days 
  nor 
  

   more 
  than 
  fifteen 
  days. 
  

  

  Sec. 
  3. 
  And 
  he 
  it 
  further 
  enacted^ 
  That 
  one-half 
  

   of 
  all 
  fines 
  imposed 
  under 
  this 
  act 
  shall 
  be 
  paid 
  to 
  

   the 
  informer, 
  and 
  the 
  other 
  half 
  to 
  the 
  County 
  Com- 
  

   missioners 
  for 
  the 
  use 
  of 
  the 
  public 
  roads. 
  

  

  ST. 
  MAEY'S 
  COUNTY. 
  

   Laws 
  of 
  1878, 
  Chapter 
  502, 
  Sections 
  1, 
  2, 
  3, 
  4 
  

   and 
  5. 
  See 
  Charles 
  County. 
  

  

  Penalty 
  

   for 
  viola- 
  

   tion. 
  

  

  Fines- 
  

   how 
  dis- 
  

   posed 
  of. 
  

  

  SOMERSET 
  COUNTY. 
  

  

  Laws 
  of 
  1878, 
  Chapter 
  280, 
  Sections 
  1, 
  2, 
  3 
  and 
  4. 
  

  

  Section 
  1. 
  Be 
  it 
  enacted 
  hy 
  the 
  General 
  Assend>ly 
  

   of 
  Maryland, 
  That 
  it 
  shall 
  be 
  unlawful 
  for 
  any 
  per- 
  

   son 
  or 
  persons 
  to 
  use 
  any 
  patent 
  twine, 
  weirs, 
  pound 
  

   nets 
  or 
  hedges 
  for 
  the 
  taking 
  of 
  fish 
  in 
  the 
  waters 
  of 
  

   Somerset 
  county. 
  

  

  Sec. 
  2. 
  Be 
  it 
  enacted, 
  That 
  any 
  person 
  or 
  persons 
  

   who 
  may 
  violate 
  the 
  provisions 
  of 
  this 
  act 
  shall, 
  

   upon 
  conviction 
  thereof 
  before 
  any 
  justice 
  of 
  the 
  

   peace 
  for 
  said 
  county, 
  be 
  fined 
  for 
  each 
  and 
  every 
  

   offence 
  the 
  sum 
  of 
  twenty-five 
  dollars, 
  and 
  the 
  con- 
  

   demnation 
  and 
  forfeiture 
  of 
  the 
  nets, 
  twine, 
  weirs, 
  

   and 
  boats 
  or 
  canoes 
  used 
  in 
  violation, 
  as 
  provided 
  in 
  

   section 
  one 
  of 
  this 
  act. 
  

  

  Sec. 
  3. 
  Be 
  it 
  enacted. 
  That 
  any 
  person 
  or 
  persons 
  

   who 
  may 
  be 
  charged 
  with 
  violating 
  the 
  provisions 
  

   of 
  this 
  act, 
  upon 
  conviction 
  thereof 
  upon 
  trial 
  before 
  

   any 
  justice 
  of 
  the 
  peace 
  in 
  said 
  county, 
  in 
  addition 
  

   to 
  the 
  fine 
  imposed 
  by 
  the 
  preceding 
  section, 
  shall 
  

   forfeit 
  the 
  nets, 
  weirs, 
  boats 
  or 
  canoes 
  used 
  in 
  taking 
  

   or 
  catching 
  fish 
  as 
  aforesaid, 
  and 
  upon 
  said 
  con- 
  

   viction 
  the 
  said 
  justice 
  of 
  the 
  peace 
  shall 
  order 
  and 
  

   direclJ 
  the 
  constable 
  or 
  other 
  officer 
  making 
  the 
  

  

  Unlawful 
  

   to 
  use 
  pat- 
  

   ent 
  twine, 
  

   &c. 
  

  

  Penalty 
  

   for 
  viola- 
  

   tion. 
  

  

  Forteit 
  

   nets, 
  &c.^ 
  

  

  