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  PCBLIO 
  LOCAL 
  LAWS. 
  

  

  Penalty. 
  

  

  Actual 
  res- 
  

   idents. 
  

  

  Penalty. 
  

  

  Fines— 
  to 
  

   whom 
  paid 
  

  

  Not 
  lawful 
  

  

  Seine. 
  

  

  for 
  any 
  such 
  violation 
  sliall 
  also 
  be 
  fined 
  not 
  less 
  

   than 
  ten 
  dollars 
  nor 
  more 
  than 
  one 
  hundred 
  dollars 
  

   for 
  each 
  offence, 
  with 
  costs, 
  and 
  in 
  any 
  prosecution 
  

   for 
  violating 
  any 
  of 
  the 
  provisions 
  of 
  this 
  section 
  it 
  

   shall 
  not 
  be 
  necessary 
  to 
  prove 
  that 
  the 
  offender 
  was 
  

   taking 
  up 
  oysters, 
  but 
  only 
  that 
  he 
  was 
  at 
  work 
  in 
  

   the 
  waters 
  within 
  the 
  bushes, 
  stakes 
  or 
  buoys 
  afore- 
  

   said. 
  

  

  Sec. 
  5. 
  And 
  be 
  it 
  enacted, 
  That 
  no 
  person 
  other 
  

   than 
  actual 
  residents 
  of 
  the 
  State 
  of 
  Maryland 
  shall 
  

   catch 
  clams 
  or 
  terrapins, 
  or 
  haul 
  for 
  or 
  catch 
  fish 
  

   with 
  any 
  seine 
  of 
  any 
  description 
  in 
  the 
  waters 
  of 
  

   Sinepuxent 
  Bay 
  or 
  its 
  tributaries 
  within 
  the 
  limits 
  

   of 
  Worcester 
  county, 
  and 
  all 
  persons 
  violating 
  any 
  

   of 
  the 
  provisions 
  of 
  this 
  section, 
  upon 
  indictment 
  

   and 
  conviction 
  thereof, 
  shall 
  forfeit 
  the 
  boats 
  and 
  all 
  

   seines 
  and 
  other 
  instruments 
  used 
  in 
  said 
  violation, 
  

   be 
  fined 
  not 
  less 
  than 
  ten 
  dollars 
  nor 
  more 
  than 
  fifty 
  

   dollars, 
  for 
  each 
  oftence 
  with 
  costs, 
  and 
  be 
  imprisoned 
  

   "lintil 
  same 
  are 
  paid, 
  but 
  said 
  imprisonment 
  shall 
  in 
  

   no 
  case 
  continue 
  more 
  than 
  thirty 
  days. 
  

  

  Sec. 
  7. 
  And 
  he 
  it 
  enacted, 
  That 
  the 
  net 
  proceeds 
  of 
  

   all 
  sales 
  of 
  property 
  forfeited 
  and 
  fines 
  imposed 
  un- 
  

   der 
  this 
  act 
  shall 
  be 
  paid 
  to 
  the 
  Treasury 
  of 
  the 
  

   Board 
  of 
  County 
  School 
  Commissioners 
  of 
  Worces- 
  

   ter 
  county, 
  and 
  used 
  as 
  a 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  school 
  fund 
  of 
  

   said 
  county. 
  

  

  Laws 
  of 
  1878, 
  Chapter 
  64, 
  repeals 
  Section 
  6 
  of 
  

   Chapter 
  277 
  of 
  Lau\s 
  of 
  1876 
  and 
  re-enacts 
  the 
  

   same, 
  as 
  follows 
  : 
  

  

  Laws 
  of 
  1878, 
  Chapter 
  64. 
  

  

  6. 
  It 
  shall 
  not 
  be 
  lawful 
  for 
  any 
  person 
  or 
  jJersons 
  

   to 
  haul 
  or 
  fish 
  in 
  any 
  of 
  the 
  waters 
  of 
  Synepuxent 
  

   Bay 
  or 
  its 
  tributaries 
  comprised 
  within 
  the 
  limits 
  

   of 
  " 
  Worcester 
  county," 
  with 
  any 
  seine 
  containing 
  

   meshes 
  less 
  than 
  one 
  and 
  a 
  half 
  inches 
  square, 
  un- 
  

   less 
  said 
  seine 
  shall 
  be 
  less 
  than 
  one 
  hundred 
  fath- 
  

   oms 
  in 
  length. 
  

  

  Suh-Sp:c. 
  6. 
  Any 
  person 
  who 
  shall 
  violate 
  any 
  of 
  

   the 
  provisions 
  of 
  the 
  preceding 
  section 
  shall 
  be 
  

   deemed 
  guilty 
  of 
  a 
  misdemeanor, 
  and 
  upon 
  convic- 
  

   tion 
  thereof 
  before 
  a 
  justice 
  of 
  the 
  peace, 
  or 
  upon 
  

   indictment 
  and 
  conviction 
  in 
  the 
  Circuit 
  Court 
  foi 
  

  

  