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  PUBLIC 
  LOCAL 
  LAWS. 
  

  

  Justice 
  of 
  

   the 
  peace 
  

   to 
  issue. 
  

  

  Take 
  pos- 
  

   session. 
  

  

  Hearing 
  of 
  

   offenders. 
  

  

  Forfeiture. 
  

  

  Shall 
  sell. 
  

  

  Not 
  lawful 
  

  

  justice 
  of 
  the 
  peace 
  of 
  Calvert 
  county, 
  he 
  shall 
  forth- 
  

   with 
  issue 
  his 
  warrant 
  directed 
  to 
  the 
  sheriff, 
  or 
  any 
  

   constable 
  or 
  military 
  officer, 
  requiring 
  either 
  of 
  them 
  

   to 
  whom 
  it 
  may 
  be 
  directed 
  to 
  summon 
  the 
  2>osse 
  

   ccymitatus, 
  if 
  necessai-y, 
  and 
  proceed 
  forthwith 
  to 
  ar- 
  

   rest 
  the 
  party 
  or 
  parties 
  alleged 
  to 
  have 
  been 
  en- 
  

   gaged 
  in 
  violating 
  this 
  law, 
  and 
  to 
  seize 
  and 
  take 
  

   possession 
  of 
  any 
  canoe, 
  boat 
  or 
  vessel, 
  together 
  

   with 
  all 
  their 
  tackle 
  and 
  apparel, 
  and 
  any 
  article 
  on 
  

   said 
  boat 
  at 
  the 
  time 
  belonging 
  to 
  said 
  party 
  or 
  par- 
  

   ties 
  and 
  used 
  by 
  them 
  in 
  violating 
  the 
  law. 
  

  

  St!;c. 
  3. 
  And 
  he 
  it 
  enacted, 
  That 
  the 
  sheriff, 
  con- 
  

   stable, 
  or 
  military 
  officer 
  who 
  has 
  made 
  the 
  arrest, 
  

   shall 
  forthwith 
  bring 
  the 
  offender 
  or 
  offenders 
  before 
  

   some 
  justice 
  of 
  the 
  peace 
  of 
  the 
  county 
  for 
  a 
  hear- 
  

   ing, 
  and 
  said 
  justice 
  of 
  the 
  peace 
  shall 
  either 
  give 
  

   the 
  case 
  an 
  immediate 
  hearing, 
  or 
  at 
  the 
  instance 
  of 
  

   the 
  party 
  shall 
  appoint 
  some 
  early 
  day, 
  within 
  the 
  

   next 
  five 
  days 
  thereafter, 
  to 
  hear 
  the 
  case, 
  the 
  party 
  

   charged 
  giving 
  such 
  good 
  and 
  sufficient 
  bail 
  as 
  said 
  

   justice 
  shall 
  require 
  for 
  his 
  attendance; 
  and 
  on 
  con- 
  

   viction 
  of 
  the 
  offender 
  or 
  offenders 
  the 
  said 
  justice 
  

   shall 
  decree 
  a 
  forfeiture 
  of 
  the 
  canoe, 
  boat 
  or 
  vessel, 
  

   together 
  with 
  all 
  the 
  tackle 
  and 
  apparel, 
  and 
  order 
  

   the 
  same 
  to 
  be 
  sold 
  by 
  the 
  officer 
  making 
  the 
  arrest, 
  

   who 
  shall 
  sell 
  the 
  same, 
  on 
  five 
  days' 
  notice, 
  to 
  the 
  

   highest 
  bidder, 
  subject 
  to 
  an 
  appeal 
  to 
  the 
  Circuit 
  

   Court 
  for 
  Calvert 
  county, 
  and 
  after 
  the 
  pa^anent 
  of 
  

   all 
  the 
  expense 
  attending 
  the 
  arrest 
  and 
  prosecution 
  

   of 
  the 
  suit 
  he 
  shall 
  retain 
  one-fourth 
  of 
  the 
  balance 
  

   himself, 
  distributing 
  one-fourth 
  among 
  the 
  parties 
  

   assisting 
  in 
  making 
  the 
  arrest, 
  and 
  pay 
  over 
  the 
  re- 
  

   maining 
  one-half 
  to 
  the 
  School 
  Fund 
  of 
  the 
  county, 
  

   to 
  be 
  used 
  in 
  the 
  repair 
  of 
  old 
  and 
  the 
  erection 
  of 
  

   new 
  public 
  school 
  houses. 
  

  

  Laws 
  of 
  1878, 
  Chapter 
  163. 
  

  

  Section 
  1. 
  Be 
  it 
  enacted' 
  hy 
  the 
  General 
  Assemhly 
  

   of 
  Maryland, 
  That 
  it 
  shall 
  not 
  be 
  lawful 
  for 
  any 
  

   person 
  to 
  take 
  or 
  catch 
  oysters 
  for 
  sale 
  with 
  rakes, 
  

   t(jngs 
  or 
  any 
  other 
  instrument 
  whatever 
  in 
  the 
  waters 
  

   of 
  Mill 
  Creek, 
  Back 
  Creek 
  or 
  Saint 
  John's 
  Creek, 
  in 
  

   Calvert 
  county, 
  for 
  the 
  period 
  of 
  three 
  years 
  from 
  

   the 
  passage 
  of 
  this 
  act, 
  except 
  from 
  land 
  in 
  said 
  

   waters 
  located 
  and 
  appropriated, 
  or 
  which 
  may 
  be 
  

  

  