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  PUBLIC 
  GENERAL 
  LAWS. 
  

  

  Not 
  to 
  

   affect. 
  

  

  Not 
  to 
  ap- 
  

   ply. 
  

  

  Construe. 
  

  

  Sec. 
  38. 
  And 
  be 
  it 
  enacted, 
  That 
  nothing 
  con- 
  

   tained 
  in 
  this 
  act 
  shall 
  affect 
  any 
  suits, 
  actions, 
  pre- 
  

   sentments 
  or 
  indictments 
  now 
  pending 
  before 
  any 
  

   tribunal 
  in 
  this 
  State 
  which 
  have 
  been 
  instituted 
  

   under 
  the 
  provisions 
  of 
  the 
  article 
  hereby 
  repealed. 
  

  

  Sec. 
  39. 
  And 
  he 
  it 
  enacted.^ 
  That 
  nothing 
  in 
  this 
  

   act 
  shall 
  be 
  construed 
  so 
  as 
  to 
  apply 
  to 
  Worcester 
  

   county. 
  

  

  Sec. 
  -iO. 
  And 
  he 
  it 
  enacted.. 
  That 
  nothing 
  in 
  this 
  

   act 
  shall 
  be 
  construed 
  to 
  prohibit 
  vessels 
  from 
  seek- 
  

   ing; 
  harbors 
  in 
  anv 
  waters 
  of 
  this 
  State. 
  

  

  When 
  un- 
  

   lawful 
  to 
  

   catch 
  oys- 
  

   ters. 
  

  

  Issue 
  war- 
  

   rant 
  for 
  ar- 
  

   rest. 
  

  

  Laios 
  of 
  1878, 
  Chapter 
  471. 
  

  

  Section 
  1. 
  Be 
  it 
  enacted 
  hy 
  the 
  General 
  Assemhly 
  

   of 
  Maryland, 
  That 
  it 
  shall 
  not 
  be 
  lawful 
  for 
  any 
  

   person 
  or 
  persons 
  to 
  take 
  or 
  catch 
  oysters 
  for 
  any 
  

   purpose, 
  in 
  any 
  manner, 
  or 
  with 
  any 
  instrument 
  

   whatever, 
  in 
  the 
  waters 
  of 
  the 
  Patuxent 
  river 
  with- 
  

   in 
  the 
  boundaries 
  of 
  Calvert 
  county, 
  between 
  Point 
  

   Patience 
  and 
  Sheridan's 
  Point, 
  in 
  Calvert 
  county^ 
  

   and 
  between 
  Town 
  Point 
  and 
  Long 
  Point, 
  in 
  Saint 
  

   Mary's 
  county, 
  from 
  the 
  first 
  day 
  of 
  May 
  to 
  the 
  first 
  

   day 
  of 
  October 
  in 
  each 
  year 
  after 
  the 
  passage 
  of 
  this 
  

   act 
  ; 
  provided, 
  however, 
  that 
  this 
  act 
  shall 
  not 
  be 
  

   construed 
  to 
  prohibit 
  the 
  citizens 
  of 
  Calvert 
  county 
  

   or 
  Saint 
  Mary's 
  county 
  from 
  taking 
  from 
  the 
  waters 
  

   thereof 
  oysters 
  for 
  private 
  use, 
  or 
  for 
  the 
  purpose 
  

   of 
  replanting 
  or 
  bedding 
  in 
  the 
  waters 
  of 
  said 
  coun- 
  

   ties, 
  or 
  for 
  sale 
  to 
  the 
  citizens 
  of 
  the 
  county 
  wherein 
  

   they 
  are 
  caught. 
  

  

  Sec. 
  2. 
  And 
  he 
  it 
  enacted. 
  That 
  upon 
  information 
  

   given 
  upon 
  oath 
  to 
  any 
  justice 
  of 
  the 
  peace 
  in 
  and 
  

   for 
  the 
  counties 
  aforesaid 
  of 
  any 
  violation 
  of 
  the 
  

   provisions 
  of 
  this 
  act, 
  the 
  said 
  justice 
  of 
  the 
  peace 
  

   shall 
  issue 
  his 
  warrant 
  for 
  the 
  arrest 
  of 
  the 
  offen- 
  

   der 
  or 
  offenders, 
  and 
  the 
  seizure 
  of 
  the 
  canoe 
  or 
  

   boat 
  in 
  his 
  or 
  their 
  possession, 
  or 
  used 
  in 
  the 
  com- 
  

   mission 
  of 
  the 
  offence, 
  together 
  with 
  the 
  tackle, 
  

   instruments 
  and 
  all 
  thinge 
  on 
  board 
  at 
  the 
  time 
  of 
  

   the 
  commission 
  of 
  the 
  offence, 
  which 
  warrant 
  shall 
  

   be 
  directed 
  to 
  the 
  sheriff 
  or 
  any 
  constable 
  of 
  the 
  

   county, 
  and 
  shall 
  be 
  returnable 
  in 
  five 
  days 
  from 
  

   the 
  issuing 
  thereof. 
  

  

  Sec. 
  3. 
  And 
  he 
  it 
  enacted. 
  That 
  the 
  justice 
  of 
  the 
  

   peace 
  before 
  whom 
  such 
  warrant 
  is 
  returnable 
  shall, 
  

  

  