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  nuiking 
  the 
  capture, 
  (except 
  tlie 
  officeivs 
  of 
  the 
  

   State 
  Fisliery 
  Force,) 
  and 
  tlie 
  bahmce 
  shall 
  be 
  

   paid 
  into 
  the 
  Treasury 
  of 
  tlie 
  State 
  to 
  be 
  cred- 
  

   ited 
  to 
  the 
  Oyster 
  Fund. 
  

  

  Fines 
  to 
  be 
  

   paid 
  to 
  clerk. 
  

  

  Sk( 
  . 
  12. 
  And 
  he 
  it 
  enacted, 
  Tlie 
  fines 
  ac- 
  

   cruing 
  under 
  this 
  act 
  shall 
  be 
  paid 
  by 
  the 
  

   sheriff, 
  constable 
  or 
  officers 
  of 
  the 
  State 
  Fish- 
  

   ery 
  Force, 
  collecting 
  the 
  same, 
  within 
  ten 
  days, 
  

   to 
  the 
  clerk 
  of 
  the 
  county 
  or 
  city 
  where 
  sucli 
  

   line 
  may 
  accrue, 
  and 
  such 
  clerk 
  shall 
  account 
  

   for 
  the 
  same 
  in 
  liis 
  next 
  cpiarterly 
  term 
  to 
  the 
  

   Comptroller 
  of 
  tlie 
  Treasury, 
  to 
  be 
  placed 
  to 
  

   the 
  credit 
  of 
  the 
  Oyster 
  Fund. 
  

  

  Penalty 
  

   violation. 
  

  

  for 
  

  

  Sko. 
  18. 
  And 
  he 
  it 
  enacted, 
  That 
  it 
  shall 
  be 
  

   unlawful, 
  without 
  authority 
  from 
  the 
  owner, 
  

   for 
  any 
  person 
  or 
  persons 
  to 
  take 
  or 
  catch 
  

   planted 
  or 
  bedded 
  oysters 
  ; 
  any 
  person 
  or 
  per- 
  

   sons 
  violating 
  the 
  ])rovisions 
  of 
  tliis 
  section 
  

   shall 
  be 
  deemed 
  guilty 
  of 
  a 
  misdemeanor, 
  and 
  

   on 
  conviction 
  in 
  the 
  Circuit 
  Court 
  of 
  the 
  county 
  

   whei'ein 
  the 
  oysters 
  were 
  ])edded, 
  shall 
  be 
  fined 
  

   not 
  less 
  than 
  five 
  dolhus 
  nor 
  more 
  than 
  tifty 
  

   dollars, 
  or 
  be 
  sentenced 
  to 
  the 
  House 
  of 
  Cor- 
  

   rection 
  for 
  a 
  term 
  not 
  less 
  than 
  three 
  months 
  

   nor 
  more 
  than 
  three 
  years, 
  at 
  the 
  discretion 
  of 
  

   the 
  Judge 
  or 
  Justice 
  trying 
  the 
  same. 
  

  

  When 
  u 
  n- 
  

   lawful. 
  

  

  Penalty 
  

   violation. 
  

  

  for 
  

  

  Se(\ 
  14. 
  And 
  he 
  it 
  enact 
  (^d, 
  That 
  it 
  shall 
  be 
  

   unlawful 
  for 
  any 
  person 
  or 
  persons 
  to 
  take 
  or 
  

   catch 
  oysters, 
  except 
  for 
  private 
  use. 
  to 
  the 
  

   amount 
  of 
  five 
  bushels 
  per 
  day, 
  or 
  for 
  sale 
  of 
  

   the 
  same 
  to 
  any 
  citizen 
  or 
  citizens 
  of 
  the 
  neigh- 
  

   borhood, 
  and 
  to 
  them 
  only 
  for 
  the 
  purpose 
  of 
  

   being 
  consumed 
  where 
  sold, 
  or 
  foi' 
  the 
  purpose 
  

   of 
  I'eplanting 
  or 
  beddiiig 
  in 
  the 
  waters 
  of 
  the 
  

   counties 
  wherein 
  they 
  are 
  caught, 
  or 
  for 
  sale 
  

   to 
  the 
  citizens 
  of 
  the 
  countj" 
  wherein 
  they 
  are 
  

   caught, 
  and 
  to 
  them 
  only 
  for 
  the 
  purpc^se 
  of 
  

   rejilanting 
  or 
  bedding 
  in 
  the 
  waters 
  of 
  said 
  

   counties, 
  between 
  the 
  fifteenth 
  day 
  of 
  April 
  

   and 
  the 
  first 
  day 
  of 
  Septend)er, 
  in 
  each 
  and 
  

   every 
  year 
  ; 
  any 
  person 
  violating 
  this 
  section 
  

  

  