﻿PUBLIC 
  GENERAL 
  LAWS. 
  

  

  227 
  

  

  Guilty 
  of 
  

   a 
  felony. 
  

  

  her 
  capture, 
  or, 
  if 
  captured 
  in 
  Baltimore, 
  by 
  order 
  

   of 
  the 
  Judge 
  of 
  the 
  City 
  Court, 
  and 
  shall 
  be 
  sold 
  

   by 
  the 
  sheriff 
  of 
  the 
  county 
  where 
  condemned 
  to 
  

   the 
  higliest 
  bidder 
  for 
  cash, 
  after 
  twenty 
  days' 
  notice 
  

   of 
  the 
  time 
  and 
  place 
  of 
  sale, 
  such 
  notice 
  to 
  be 
  pub- 
  

   lislied 
  at 
  least 
  three 
  times 
  in 
  a 
  newspaper 
  having 
  

   the 
  largest 
  circulation 
  printed 
  in 
  Baltimore 
  city, 
  or 
  

   in 
  the 
  county 
  where 
  condemned 
  ; 
  one-fourth 
  of 
  the 
  

  

  X 
  rOCCGQS 
  

  

  proceeds 
  of 
  such 
  sale 
  shall 
  be 
  paid 
  to 
  the 
  party 
  making 
  of 
  sale, 
  

   the 
  capture, 
  except 
  the 
  officers 
  of 
  the 
  fishery 
  force, 
  

   and 
  the 
  balance 
  shall 
  bo 
  paid 
  into 
  the 
  Treasury 
  of 
  

   the 
  State. 
  

  

  Sec. 
  12. 
  And 
  he 
  it 
  enacted, 
  That 
  any 
  person 
  who 
  

   shall, 
  without 
  authority 
  from 
  the 
  owner, 
  catch 
  oys- 
  

   ters 
  planted 
  or 
  bedded, 
  shall 
  be 
  deemed 
  guilty 
  of 
  a 
  

   felony, 
  and 
  on 
  conviction 
  in 
  the 
  Circuit 
  Court 
  of 
  the 
  

   county 
  wherein 
  the 
  oysters 
  were 
  bedded 
  shall 
  be 
  

   sentenced 
  to 
  the 
  penitentiary 
  for 
  a 
  term 
  not 
  exceed- 
  

   ing 
  three 
  years. 
  

  

  Sec. 
  13. 
  And 
  he 
  it 
  enacted, 
  That 
  it 
  shall 
  be 
  un- 
  

   lawful 
  for 
  any 
  person 
  to 
  catch 
  oysters, 
  except 
  for 
  

   private 
  use, 
  or 
  for 
  the 
  purpose 
  of 
  replanting 
  or 
  bed- 
  

   ding 
  in 
  the 
  waters 
  of 
  this 
  State, 
  or 
  for 
  sale 
  to 
  the 
  

   citizens 
  of 
  the 
  county 
  wherein 
  they 
  are 
  caught, 
  or 
  

   the 
  county 
  next 
  adjoining, 
  between 
  the 
  first 
  day 
  of 
  

   May 
  and 
  the 
  first 
  day 
  of 
  September 
  in 
  each 
  and 
  

   every 
  year. 
  Any 
  person 
  violating 
  this 
  section 
  shall 
  ^'^^^ity, 
  

   be 
  deemed 
  guilty 
  of 
  a 
  misdemeanor, 
  and 
  fined 
  by 
  a 
  

   justice 
  of 
  the 
  peace 
  of 
  the 
  county 
  wherein 
  the 
  of- 
  

   fence 
  was 
  committed, 
  not 
  exceeding 
  fifty 
  dollars. 
  

  

  Sec. 
  14. 
  And 
  he 
  it 
  enacted, 
  That 
  it 
  shall 
  be 
  unlaw- 
  

   ful 
  for 
  any 
  person 
  to 
  catch 
  oysters 
  on 
  Sunday 
  or 
  at 
  

   night, 
  and 
  any 
  person 
  violating 
  this 
  section 
  shall 
  

   be 
  fined 
  a 
  sum 
  not 
  less 
  than 
  fifty 
  nor 
  more 
  than 
  

   five 
  hundred 
  dollars, 
  by 
  the 
  judge 
  or 
  justice 
  of 
  the 
  

   peace 
  trying 
  the 
  case. 
  

  

  Sec. 
  15. 
  And 
  he 
  it 
  enacted, 
  That 
  the 
  Comptroller 
  

   of 
  the 
  Treasury 
  shall 
  have 
  painted, 
  in 
  black 
  figures 
  xumbers. 
  

   on 
  white 
  canvas, 
  two 
  sets 
  of 
  numbers, 
  corresponding 
  

   to 
  the 
  license, 
  to 
  catch 
  oysters 
  with 
  scoop, 
  dredge 
  or 
  

   similar 
  instrument 
  ; 
  each 
  figure 
  shall 
  be 
  twenty- 
  

   two 
  inches 
  in 
  length, 
  and 
  of 
  proportionate 
  width, 
  

   and 
  the 
  figures 
  at 
  least 
  six 
  inches 
  apart 
  ; 
  and 
  he 
  

   shall 
  give 
  to 
  each 
  person 
  taking 
  out 
  such 
  license 
  two 
  

   numbers 
  thereof, 
  one 
  of 
  which 
  shall 
  be 
  firmly 
  sewed 
  

  

  Sunday 
  or 
  

   at 
  nif;ht. 
  

  

  Size. 
  

  

  