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  expended 
  in 
  the 
  procuring 
  of 
  seed 
  oysters 
  to 
  be 
  

   planted 
  in 
  said 
  bay 
  as 
  the 
  commissioners 
  aforesaid 
  

   may 
  direct, 
  but 
  no 
  person 
  licensed 
  as 
  above, 
  nor 
  any 
  

   other 
  person, 
  shall 
  take 
  or 
  remove 
  any 
  oysters 
  from 
  

   the 
  waters 
  of 
  said 
  bay 
  or 
  its 
  tributaries 
  on 
  any 
  Sun- 
  

   day 
  or 
  in 
  the 
  night 
  at 
  any 
  season, 
  nor 
  during 
  the 
  day 
  

   from 
  the 
  first 
  day 
  of 
  May 
  to 
  the 
  first 
  day 
  of 
  October, 
  

   or 
  any 
  shells 
  from 
  the 
  natural 
  rocks 
  at 
  any 
  tiine; 
  

   provided 
  that 
  nothing 
  herein 
  shall 
  be 
  construed 
  to 
  

   forbid 
  any 
  person 
  from 
  taking 
  or 
  catching 
  his 
  or 
  her 
  

   own 
  planted 
  oysters 
  at 
  any 
  time 
  and 
  with 
  any 
  kind 
  

   of 
  instrument; 
  and 
  any 
  person 
  violating 
  any 
  of 
  the 
  

   provisions 
  of 
  this 
  section 
  shall 
  be 
  guilty 
  of 
  a 
  misde- 
  

   meanor, 
  and 
  upon 
  indictment 
  and 
  conviction 
  there- 
  

   for 
  shall 
  be 
  fined 
  not 
  less 
  than 
  ten 
  nor 
  more 
  than 
  

   fifty 
  dollars 
  for 
  each 
  offence, 
  with 
  costs. 
  

  

  Seo. 
  3. 
  Afid 
  he 
  it 
  enacted, 
  That 
  no 
  person 
  shall 
  

   catch, 
  take 
  or 
  remove 
  any 
  shells 
  or 
  oysters 
  from 
  the 
  

   natural 
  beds 
  in 
  the 
  waters 
  of 
  Sinepuxent 
  Bay 
  or 
  it^ 
  

   tributaries 
  with 
  scrapes, 
  scoops, 
  dredges 
  or 
  drags, 
  or 
  

   with 
  any 
  instrument 
  in 
  the 
  working 
  of 
  which 
  any 
  

   other 
  than 
  hand 
  power 
  is 
  used, 
  and 
  any 
  person 
  vio- 
  

   lating 
  any 
  of 
  the 
  provisions 
  of 
  this 
  section 
  shall, 
  

   upon 
  indictment 
  and 
  conviction 
  therefor, 
  be 
  fined 
  

   not 
  less 
  than 
  fifty 
  nor 
  more 
  than 
  three 
  hundred 
  dol- 
  

   lars 
  for 
  each 
  offence, 
  with 
  cost. 
  

  

  Sec. 
  4. 
  And 
  he 
  it 
  enacted, 
  That 
  it 
  shall 
  be 
  lawful 
  

   for 
  any 
  citizen 
  of 
  Worcester 
  county 
  to 
  plant, 
  or 
  for 
  

   any 
  resident 
  to 
  lay 
  down, 
  oysters 
  on 
  not 
  exceeding 
  

   five 
  acres 
  in 
  any 
  one 
  place 
  in 
  any 
  of 
  the 
  waters 
  ex- 
  

   cept 
  upon 
  the 
  natural 
  rocks 
  of 
  the 
  said 
  bay 
  or 
  its 
  

   tributaries, 
  and 
  that 
  no 
  person, 
  except 
  the 
  owner 
  or 
  

   his 
  employee, 
  shall 
  work 
  upon 
  or 
  among 
  said 
  planted 
  

   or 
  laid 
  down 
  oysters 
  ; 
  provided 
  that 
  portion 
  of 
  the 
  

   said 
  waters 
  so 
  planted 
  in 
  be 
  kept 
  plainly 
  marked 
  

   with 
  bushes, 
  stakes 
  or 
  buoys, 
  and 
  any 
  person 
  mali- 
  

   ciously 
  removing 
  said 
  bushes, 
  stakes 
  or 
  buoys 
  shall 
  

   be 
  liable 
  to 
  the 
  penalties 
  of 
  this 
  section; 
  and 
  pro- 
  

   vided 
  that 
  nothing 
  in 
  this 
  section 
  shall 
  effect 
  the 
  

   rights 
  of 
  owners 
  of 
  land 
  to 
  the 
  exclusive 
  use 
  of 
  any 
  

   creek, 
  cove 
  or 
  inlet, 
  within 
  their 
  said 
  lands, 
  not 
  ex- 
  

   ceeding 
  one 
  hundred 
  yards 
  in 
  width 
  at 
  its 
  mouth, 
  

   and 
  any 
  person 
  violating 
  the 
  provisions 
  of 
  this 
  sec- 
  

   tion 
  shall 
  be 
  liable 
  to 
  be 
  sued 
  as 
  for 
  damage 
  to 
  any 
  

   other 
  property, 
  and 
  upon 
  indictment 
  and 
  conviction 
  

  

  Proviso. 
  

  

  Penalty. 
  

  

  ShaU 
  not 
  

   catch. 
  

  

  Penalty. 
  

  

  Be 
  lawful. 
  

  

  Proviso. 
  

  

  Proviso. 
  

  

  