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  PUBLIC 
  LOCAL 
  LAWS. 
  

  

  Sec. 
  9. 
  And 
  he 
  it 
  enacted^ 
  That 
  where 
  a 
  pre- 
  

   ceding 
  is 
  initiated 
  for 
  any 
  violation 
  of 
  this 
  act 
  or 
  

  

  Affidavit. 
  ^^^y 
  section 
  thereof, 
  on 
  affidavit 
  of 
  such 
  violation, 
  

   a 
  justice 
  of 
  the 
  peace 
  may 
  issue 
  his 
  warrant 
  for 
  

   the 
  apprehension 
  of 
  the 
  offender, 
  and 
  it 
  shall 
  not 
  

   be 
  necessary 
  therein 
  to 
  name 
  the 
  offender, 
  the 
  ves- 
  

   sel 
  or 
  boat 
  in 
  his 
  employment, 
  and 
  when 
  the 
  penalty 
  

   is 
  incurred 
  by 
  reason 
  of 
  the 
  defendant 
  being 
  a 
  non- 
  

   resident 
  the 
  burthen 
  of 
  proof 
  as 
  to 
  his 
  residence 
  

   shall 
  be 
  upon 
  him 
  

  

  Sec. 
  10. 
  Aiul 
  he 
  it 
  enacted, 
  That 
  if 
  any 
  person 
  

   shall 
  take, 
  steal 
  or 
  sell 
  planted 
  oysters 
  of 
  another, 
  

  

  Fine. 
  knowing 
  them 
  to 
  be 
  such, 
  from 
  any 
  of 
  the 
  waters 
  

  

  in 
  this 
  act 
  mentioned, 
  he 
  shall, 
  upon 
  conviction 
  

   in 
  said 
  court, 
  be 
  fined 
  not 
  less 
  than 
  fifty 
  nor 
  more 
  

   than 
  one 
  hundred 
  dollars, 
  and 
  may, 
  at 
  the 
  discre- 
  

   tion 
  of 
  the 
  court, 
  be 
  confined 
  in 
  jail 
  not 
  less 
  than 
  

   one 
  nor 
  more 
  than 
  six 
  months. 
  

  

  Section 
  1, 
  Chapter 
  'iSl 
  of 
  the 
  Lav)H 
  of 
  1872 
  is 
  re- 
  

   pealed 
  and 
  re-enacted 
  hy 
  Section 
  1 
  A 
  of 
  Chapter 
  

   77 
  Laws 
  of 
  1874. 
  Chapter 
  77 
  of 
  Laws 
  of 
  1874 
  

   is 
  repjealed 
  hy 
  Chapter 
  "ill 
  Laws 
  of 
  1876, 
  and 
  re- 
  

   enacted 
  icith 
  amendinents. 
  Section 
  6, 
  Chapter 
  

   'iTil 
  Laios 
  of 
  1876 
  is 
  repealed 
  hy 
  Chapter 
  64 
  Laws 
  

   of 
  1878, 
  and 
  re-enacted 
  toith 
  amendments. 
  

  

  Laws 
  of 
  1872, 
  Chapter 
  131. 
  

  

  Section 
  2. 
  Be 
  it 
  enacted, 
  That 
  it 
  shall 
  not 
  be 
  

   lawful 
  for 
  any 
  person 
  or 
  persons 
  other 
  than 
  citizens 
  

   Not 
  lawful 
  or 
  actual 
  residents 
  of 
  Maryland 
  to 
  haul 
  or 
  fish 
  with 
  

   any 
  seine 
  or 
  seines 
  of 
  any 
  description, 
  rake 
  or 
  catch 
  

   oysters, 
  clams 
  or 
  terrapins, 
  or 
  plant 
  oysters 
  in 
  the 
  

   waters 
  of 
  Synepuxent 
  Eay 
  or 
  any 
  of 
  the 
  tributaries 
  

   ■*tliereof, 
  included 
  in 
  the 
  boundaries 
  of 
  Worcester 
  

   county. 
  

  

  Sec 
  3. 
  And 
  he 
  it 
  enacted, 
  That 
  it 
  shall 
  be 
  lawful 
  

   for 
  all 
  citizens 
  and 
  residents 
  of 
  the 
  State 
  of 
  Mary- 
  

   land 
  to 
  haul 
  or 
  fish 
  with 
  any 
  seine 
  or 
  seines 
  of 
  any 
  

   description 
  in 
  any 
  of 
  the 
  aforesaid 
  waters 
  of 
  Wor- 
  

   cester 
  county, 
  ^;y-/?vV/<y;' 
  that 
  the 
  niophes 
  of 
  all 
  seines 
  

   exceeding 
  one 
  hundred 
  fathoms 
  in 
  length 
  shall 
  not 
  

   be 
  less 
  than 
  one 
  and 
  a 
  half 
  inches 
  square, 
  which 
  is 
  

   hereby 
  expressly 
  forbidden, 
  and 
  the 
  use 
  of 
  which 
  is 
  

   hereby 
  made 
  and 
  declared 
  unlawful. 
  

  

  Fish 
  with 
  

   seines. 
  

  

  Pro\iso. 
  

  

  