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  regulating 
  the 
  taking 
  or 
  catching 
  oysters, 
  and 
  shall 
  

   be 
  acquitted 
  or 
  discharged 
  by 
  the 
  Circuit 
  Court 
  or 
  

   by 
  a 
  justice 
  of 
  the 
  peace 
  for 
  Somerset 
  county, 
  the 
  

   county 
  commissioners 
  shall 
  pay 
  the 
  legal 
  costs 
  of 
  de- 
  

   fending 
  the 
  prosecution 
  to 
  such 
  individual 
  or 
  the 
  

   owner 
  of 
  such 
  vessel. 
  

  

  Sec. 
  99. 
  Any 
  justice 
  of 
  the 
  peace, 
  upon 
  the 
  oath 
  

   of 
  any 
  credible 
  white 
  witness, 
  may 
  issue 
  a 
  warrant 
  

   to 
  any 
  sheriff, 
  constable 
  or 
  other 
  officer, 
  civil 
  or 
  mil- 
  

   itary, 
  and 
  to 
  all 
  persons 
  licensed 
  under 
  the 
  provisions 
  

   of 
  this 
  law, 
  to 
  make 
  all 
  arrests 
  and 
  seizures 
  neces- 
  

   sary 
  to 
  carry 
  the 
  same 
  into 
  effect. 
  

  

  Sec. 
  100. 
  The 
  clerk 
  of 
  the 
  Circuit 
  Court 
  shall 
  be 
  

   entitled 
  to 
  fifty 
  cents 
  each 
  for 
  every 
  license 
  granted 
  

   under 
  this 
  law. 
  

  

  Sec. 
  101. 
  He 
  shall 
  pay 
  the 
  money 
  arising 
  from 
  

   the 
  issuing 
  of 
  said 
  licenses 
  to 
  the 
  Treasurer 
  of 
  the 
  

   school 
  fund 
  of 
  said 
  county, 
  on 
  or 
  before 
  the 
  first 
  

   Monday 
  of 
  June 
  in 
  each 
  year, 
  and 
  his 
  official 
  bond 
  

   shall 
  be 
  liable 
  for 
  the 
  prompt 
  payment 
  thereof. 
  

  

  Laivs 
  of 
  1878, 
  Chapter 
  373. 
  

  

  Section 
  1. 
  Be 
  it 
  enacted 
  hy 
  the 
  General 
  Assemhly 
  

   of 
  Maryland^ 
  That 
  it 
  shall 
  be 
  unlawful 
  to 
  take 
  or 
  

   catch 
  oysters 
  with 
  scoops, 
  drags 
  or 
  dredges, 
  or 
  such 
  

   like 
  instruments, 
  in 
  the 
  waters 
  of 
  the 
  Wicomico 
  

   Kiver 
  in 
  Somerset 
  county, 
  on 
  the 
  east 
  side 
  of 
  a 
  

   straight 
  line 
  from 
  the 
  mouth 
  of 
  Rock 
  Creek 
  to 
  Clay 
  

   Island 
  Light 
  House, 
  and 
  any 
  person 
  violating 
  this 
  

   act 
  shall 
  be 
  liable 
  to 
  be 
  tried 
  before 
  any 
  justice 
  of 
  the 
  

   peace 
  upon 
  being 
  arrested 
  on 
  warrant 
  from 
  any 
  jus- 
  

   tice 
  of 
  the 
  peace 
  of 
  said 
  county, 
  and 
  upon 
  conviction 
  

   shall 
  be 
  fined 
  not 
  less 
  than 
  twenty-five 
  dollars 
  nor 
  

   more 
  than 
  fifty 
  dollars 
  for 
  every 
  such 
  ofience, 
  and 
  

   shall 
  also 
  forfeit 
  the 
  boat 
  or 
  vessel 
  used 
  or 
  employed 
  

   in 
  such 
  violation 
  of 
  this 
  act; 
  and 
  the 
  said 
  boat 
  or 
  

   vessel 
  so 
  forfeited 
  and 
  condemned 
  shall 
  be 
  sold 
  by 
  

   the 
  officer 
  making 
  the 
  seizure 
  or 
  arrests, 
  uj)on 
  ten 
  

   days' 
  notice 
  of 
  such 
  sale, 
  for 
  cash, 
  together 
  with 
  the 
  

   sails 
  and 
  furniture 
  of 
  said 
  boat 
  or 
  vessel 
  and 
  the 
  

   implements 
  on 
  board 
  said 
  boat 
  used 
  in 
  such 
  illegal 
  

   taking 
  of 
  oysters; 
  and 
  one-half 
  the 
  proceeds 
  of 
  said 
  

   sale 
  shall 
  be 
  paid 
  to 
  the 
  informer 
  and 
  party 
  making 
  

   the 
  said 
  seizure, 
  and 
  the 
  balance 
  shall 
  be 
  paid 
  to 
  the 
  

   use 
  of 
  the 
  public 
  schools 
  of 
  said 
  county; 
  and 
  any 
  

   17 
  

  

  Unlaw- 
  

   ful 
  to 
  use 
  

   scoops, 
  &c. 
  

  

  Penalty 
  

   for 
  viola- 
  

   tion. 
  

  

  