﻿Penalty. 
  

  

  PUBLIC 
  LOCAL 
  LAWS. 
  255 
  

  

  of 
  Queen 
  Anne's 
  county 
  lying 
  west 
  of 
  Kent 
  Island, 
  

   between 
  Kent 
  Point 
  and 
  Cove 
  Point, 
  within 
  four 
  

   hundred 
  yards 
  of 
  the 
  shore. 
  

  

  Sec. 
  5. 
  And 
  he 
  it 
  enacted, 
  That 
  any 
  j^erson 
  who 
  

   shall 
  violate 
  this 
  act, 
  upon 
  conviction 
  thereof 
  before 
  

   a 
  justice 
  of 
  the 
  peace 
  for 
  Queen 
  Anne's 
  county, 
  shall 
  

   be 
  fined 
  not 
  less 
  than 
  twenty 
  nor 
  more 
  than 
  one 
  

   hundred 
  dollars, 
  and 
  upon 
  the 
  refusal 
  and 
  failure 
  to 
  

   pay 
  said 
  fine 
  said 
  party 
  shall 
  be 
  committed 
  to 
  the 
  

   county 
  jail 
  until 
  said 
  fine 
  shall 
  be 
  paid 
  ; 
  provided 
  

   that 
  the 
  said 
  confinement 
  in 
  jail 
  shall 
  not 
  exceed 
  six 
  

   months. 
  

  

  Sec. 
  6. 
  And 
  he 
  it 
  enacted, 
  That 
  this 
  act 
  shall 
  take 
  in 
  force. 
  

   effect 
  from 
  the 
  date 
  of 
  its 
  passage, 
  and 
  all 
  acts 
  or 
  

   parts 
  of 
  acts 
  inconsistent 
  with 
  this 
  act 
  be 
  and 
  the 
  uepoaied. 
  

   same 
  are 
  hereby 
  repealed. 
  

  

  Also 
  see 
  Kent 
  County. 
  

  

  SOMERSET 
  COUKTY. 
  

   Code 
  of 
  Puhlic 
  Loccd 
  Laws, 
  Article 
  19. 
  

  

  Section 
  91. 
  It 
  shall 
  not 
  be 
  lawful 
  for 
  any 
  person 
  

   to 
  take 
  oysters 
  within 
  the 
  waters 
  of 
  Somerset 
  county 
  

   for 
  the 
  purpose 
  of 
  manuring 
  land. 
  

  

  Sec 
  92. 
  It 
  shall 
  not 
  be 
  lawful 
  for 
  any 
  person 
  in 
  

   said 
  county, 
  or 
  any 
  person 
  whatsoever, 
  to 
  purchase 
  

   any 
  oysters 
  for 
  the 
  purpose 
  of 
  manuring 
  land 
  from 
  

   any 
  person 
  whom 
  they 
  know 
  to 
  have 
  caught 
  the 
  

   same 
  within 
  the 
  waters 
  of 
  said 
  county. 
  

  

  Sec 
  93. 
  Any 
  person 
  violating 
  the 
  provisions 
  of 
  

   either 
  of 
  the 
  last 
  two 
  preceding 
  sections 
  shall 
  be 
  

   liable 
  to 
  a 
  penalty 
  of 
  not 
  less 
  than 
  ten 
  nor 
  more 
  

   than 
  twenty 
  dollars, 
  to 
  be 
  imposed, 
  upon 
  conviction 
  

   thereof 
  before 
  a 
  justice 
  of 
  the 
  peace 
  of 
  the 
  county, 
  

   one-half 
  to 
  the 
  informer 
  and 
  the 
  other 
  half 
  for 
  the 
  

   use 
  of 
  the 
  school 
  fund 
  of 
  said 
  county. 
  

  

  Sections 
  94, 
  95 
  and 
  97 
  of 
  Article 
  19 
  Code 
  of 
  Pvljlic 
  

   Local 
  Ldios 
  are 
  amended 
  and 
  re-enacted 
  hy 
  Chap- 
  

   ter 
  \1^ 
  Laws 
  of 
  \^m 
  . 
  

  

  Laws 
  of 
  1867, 
  Chapter 
  129. 
  

  

  Section 
  94. 
  That 
  it 
  shall 
  be 
  lawful 
  for 
  the 
  citi- 
  ^a^-funo 
  

   zens 
  of 
  said 
  county 
  to 
  catch 
  or 
  take 
  oysters 
  with 
  a 
  catch 
  oy»- 
  

   scoop, 
  drag 
  or 
  dredge 
  in 
  any 
  of 
  the 
  waters 
  of 
  said 
  

  

  