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  PUBLIC 
  LOCAL 
  LAWS. 
  

  

  Duty 
  of 
  

   the 
  com- 
  

   maader 
  of 
  

   the 
  Oyster 
  

   P 
  ol 
  i 
  c 
  e 
  

   Force. 
  

  

  arrest 
  shall 
  retain 
  one-fourth 
  of 
  the 
  balance 
  himself, 
  

   distribute 
  one-fourth 
  among 
  the 
  parties 
  assisting 
  in 
  

   making 
  such 
  arrest 
  and 
  seizure, 
  and 
  pay 
  over 
  the 
  

   remaining 
  one-half 
  to 
  the 
  Board 
  of 
  School 
  Commis- 
  

   sioners 
  of 
  Wicomico 
  county 
  for 
  the 
  use 
  of 
  the 
  pub- 
  

   lic 
  schools 
  of 
  said 
  county. 
  

  

  Sec. 
  -1. 
  Be 
  it 
  enacted, 
  That 
  upon 
  information 
  

   given 
  under 
  oath 
  of 
  any 
  violation 
  of 
  the 
  provisions 
  

   of 
  this 
  act 
  to 
  the 
  commander 
  of 
  the 
  " 
  Oyster 
  Police 
  

   Force 
  " 
  of 
  this 
  State, 
  it 
  shall 
  be 
  the 
  duty 
  of 
  said 
  com- 
  

   mander 
  to 
  arrest 
  the 
  offender 
  or 
  offenders, 
  to 
  seize 
  

   and 
  take 
  possession 
  of 
  any 
  canoe, 
  boat 
  or 
  vessel, 
  to- 
  

   gether 
  with 
  all 
  their 
  tackle 
  and 
  apparel 
  and 
  prop- 
  

   erty 
  found 
  on 
  board, 
  and 
  deliver 
  them 
  over 
  to 
  the 
  

   authorities 
  of 
  said 
  county 
  to 
  be 
  dealt 
  with 
  accord- 
  

   ing 
  to 
  the 
  provisions 
  of 
  this 
  act 
  ; 
  and 
  the 
  said 
  com- 
  

   mander 
  is 
  hereby 
  authorized 
  to 
  follow 
  such 
  alleged 
  

   offender 
  or 
  offenders 
  and 
  make 
  such 
  arrest 
  and 
  seiz- 
  

   ure 
  in 
  any 
  part 
  of 
  this 
  State 
  as 
  well 
  as 
  within 
  the 
  

   limits 
  of 
  said 
  county. 
  

  

  Disturb 
  

   terrapins. 
  

  

  Penalty. 
  

  

  WORCESTER 
  COUNTY. 
  

  

  Lavjs 
  of 
  1868, 
  Chapter 
  343. 
  

  

  Sec. 
  2. 
  And 
  he 
  it 
  enacted, 
  That 
  if 
  any 
  person 
  

   shall 
  disturb 
  terrapins 
  or 
  their 
  eggs 
  within 
  the 
  

   limits 
  of 
  Worcester 
  county, 
  between 
  the 
  first 
  day 
  

   of 
  May 
  and 
  the 
  fifteenth 
  day 
  of 
  October, 
  he 
  shall 
  

   forfeit 
  and 
  pay 
  to 
  the 
  State 
  not 
  more 
  than 
  fifty 
  

   dollars 
  nor 
  less 
  than 
  five 
  dollars, 
  to 
  be 
  recovered 
  

   on 
  information 
  before 
  some 
  justice 
  of 
  the 
  peace 
  in 
  

   said 
  county, 
  one-half 
  of 
  which 
  penalty 
  shall 
  be 
  

   paid 
  to 
  the 
  informer 
  and 
  the 
  other 
  to 
  the 
  State, 
  

   the 
  same 
  to 
  be 
  recovered 
  in 
  the 
  same 
  manner 
  in 
  

   which 
  small 
  debts 
  are 
  recovered 
  before 
  justices 
  of 
  

   the 
  peace. 
  And 
  in 
  all 
  such 
  cases 
  an 
  appeal 
  shall 
  

   lie 
  to 
  the 
  Circuit 
  Court 
  of 
  said 
  county, 
  subject 
  to 
  

   the 
  same 
  laws 
  and 
  rules 
  that 
  govern 
  in 
  similar 
  cases. 
  

  

  Sec. 
  3. 
  And 
  he 
  it 
  enacted. 
  That 
  if 
  any 
  person 
  

   shall 
  take 
  oysters 
  for 
  the 
  purpose 
  of 
  converting 
  

   them 
  into 
  lime, 
  upon 
  conviction 
  in 
  the 
  Circuit 
  

   Court 
  for 
  AVorcester 
  county, 
  he 
  shall 
  forfeit 
  and 
  

   pay 
  to 
  the 
  State 
  of 
  Maryland 
  the 
  sum 
  of 
  five 
  hun- 
  

   dred 
  dollars, 
  and 
  the 
  costs 
  and 
  charges 
  accruing 
  

   in 
  the 
  prosecution 
  of 
  the 
  offender. 
  

  

  