﻿PUBLIC 
  LOCAL 
  LAWS. 
  

  

  24:'; 
  

  

  Sec. 
  11. 
  And 
  be 
  it 
  enacted., 
  That 
  this 
  act 
  shall 
  

   have 
  full 
  force 
  and 
  effect 
  from 
  the 
  first 
  day 
  of 
  June, 
  Fuu 
  force 
  

   eighteen 
  hundred 
  and 
  seventy-six, 
  nntil 
  the 
  first 
  day 
  

   of 
  June, 
  eighteen 
  hundred 
  and 
  eighty. 
  

  

  LaiDs 
  of 
  1876, 
  Chapter 
  396. 
  

  

  Sectio]s^ 
  1. 
  Be 
  it 
  enacted 
  hy 
  the 
  General 
  Assembly 
  

   of 
  Maryland, 
  That 
  it 
  shall 
  be 
  unlawful 
  to 
  take 
  or 
  Unlawful. 
  

   catch 
  oysters 
  with 
  tongs, 
  rakes 
  or 
  any 
  other 
  instru- 
  

   ment 
  in 
  the 
  waters 
  of 
  Dorchester 
  county 
  in 
  the 
  

   months 
  of 
  June, 
  July 
  and 
  August 
  of 
  each 
  and 
  every 
  

   year; 
  provided 
  that 
  five 
  bushels 
  per 
  week 
  may 
  be 
  Proviso., 
  

   taken 
  for 
  the 
  use 
  of 
  each 
  family. 
  

  

  Sec. 
  2. 
  Aiid 
  be 
  it 
  fuTther 
  enacted, 
  That 
  any 
  per- 
  

   son 
  or 
  persons 
  violating 
  the 
  provisions 
  of 
  the 
  pre- 
  Penau- 
  

   ceding 
  section 
  shall, 
  u^3on 
  conviction 
  thereof, 
  forfeit 
  for 
  vioiat- 
  

   and 
  pay 
  the 
  sum 
  of 
  ten 
  dollars 
  and 
  the 
  forfeiture 
  of 
  ^^^' 
  

   boat 
  or 
  canoe 
  used 
  in 
  said 
  violation, 
  and 
  for 
  every 
  

   subsequent 
  violation 
  a 
  fine 
  of 
  twenty 
  dollars 
  shall 
  

   be 
  imposed 
  and 
  the 
  forfeiture 
  of 
  boat 
  and 
  canoe 
  em- 
  

   ployed 
  in 
  the 
  violation 
  of 
  this 
  act, 
  the 
  same 
  to 
  be 
  

   recovered 
  before 
  any 
  justice 
  of 
  the 
  peace 
  within 
  said 
  

   county, 
  one-half 
  of 
  all 
  fines, 
  including 
  the 
  money 
  

   arising 
  from 
  the 
  sale 
  or 
  sales 
  of 
  boats 
  or 
  canoes 
  for- 
  

   feited 
  shall 
  be 
  awarded 
  to 
  the 
  informer 
  or 
  informers, 
  

   and 
  the 
  remainder 
  to 
  be 
  paid 
  into 
  the 
  free 
  school 
  

   treasury 
  of 
  Dorchester 
  county, 
  for 
  the 
  use 
  of 
  said 
  

   schools; 
  provided 
  nothing 
  in 
  the 
  two 
  preceding 
  sec- 
  

   tions 
  of 
  this 
  act, 
  or 
  any 
  part 
  thereof, 
  shall 
  apply 
  to 
  

   catching 
  03'sters 
  in 
  either 
  the 
  Great 
  or 
  Little 
  Chop- 
  

   tank 
  rivers 
  or 
  their 
  tributaries 
  in 
  Dorcli-ester 
  county. 
  

  

  Sec. 
  3. 
  And 
  be 
  it 
  enacted, 
  That 
  all 
  boats 
  or 
  canoes 
  

   captured 
  and 
  condemned 
  under 
  the 
  provisions 
  of 
  the 
  

   preceding 
  section 
  sliall 
  be 
  sold 
  at 
  public 
  auction 
  to 
  

   the 
  highest 
  bidder 
  for 
  cash, 
  after 
  giving 
  ten 
  days' 
  

   notice 
  of 
  the 
  time 
  and 
  place 
  of 
  sale 
  in 
  such 
  manner 
  

   as 
  may 
  be 
  directed 
  by 
  the 
  justice 
  of 
  the 
  peace 
  mak- 
  

   ino; 
  the 
  condemnation. 
  

  

  Sold 
  at 
  

   public 
  auc- 
  

   tion. 
  

  

  Laws 
  of 
  IS78, 
  Chapter 
  359. 
  

  

  Sectiok 
  1. 
  Be 
  it 
  enacted 
  by 
  the 
  General 
  Assembly 
  

   of 
  Martjland, 
  Tliat 
  chapter 
  four 
  hundred 
  and 
  thirt}'- 
  

   seven 
  of 
  the 
  Acts 
  of 
  the 
  General 
  Assembly 
  of 
  Mary- 
  

   land, 
  passed 
  at 
  January 
  session, 
  eighteen 
  hundred 
  

  

  Repealed 
  

   and 
  re-en- 
  

   acted. 
  

  

  