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  shall 
  be 
  deemed 
  guilty 
  of 
  a 
  misdemeanor, 
  and 
  

   fined 
  by 
  a 
  Justice 
  of 
  the 
  Peace 
  of 
  the 
  county 
  

   wherein 
  the 
  offence 
  was 
  committed, 
  not 
  less 
  

   than 
  hfty 
  dollai's, 
  nor 
  more 
  than 
  two 
  hundred 
  

   dollars, 
  or 
  imprisonment 
  in 
  the 
  House 
  of 
  Cor- 
  

   rection 
  for 
  not 
  less 
  than 
  three 
  months 
  nor 
  more 
  

   than 
  three 
  years. 
  

  

  Sec. 
  IT). 
  And 
  Oe 
  it 
  enacted, 
  That 
  it 
  shall 
  be 
  

   unlawful 
  for 
  any 
  person 
  or 
  persons 
  to 
  take 
  or 
  

   catch 
  oysters 
  on 
  Sunday 
  or 
  at 
  night, 
  or 
  to 
  carry 
  

   oysters 
  in 
  the 
  sliell 
  outside 
  the 
  State, 
  between 
  

   the 
  lirst 
  day 
  of 
  April 
  and 
  the 
  hrst 
  day 
  of 
  Sep- 
  

   tember 
  ; 
  and 
  any 
  person 
  or 
  persons 
  violating 
  

   this 
  section 
  shall 
  be 
  lined 
  a 
  sum 
  of 
  not 
  less 
  

   than 
  fifty 
  dollars 
  nor 
  more 
  than 
  three 
  hundred 
  

   dollars, 
  or 
  sentenced 
  to 
  the 
  House 
  of 
  Correc- 
  

   tion 
  for 
  a 
  period 
  of 
  not 
  less 
  than 
  three 
  months 
  

   nor 
  more 
  than 
  three 
  years, 
  or 
  forfeit 
  the 
  boat, 
  

   vessel 
  or 
  canoe 
  used 
  in 
  violation 
  of 
  this 
  Act, 
  

   at 
  the 
  discretion 
  of 
  tlie 
  Judge 
  or 
  .lustice 
  of 
  the 
  

   Peace 
  trvinu' 
  the 
  same. 
  

  

  When 
  u 
  n- 
  

   lawfiU. 
  

  

  Numbers 
  to 
  

   correspond 
  

   with 
  license. 
  

  

  Sec. 
  16. 
  And 
  be 
  it 
  enacted, 
  That 
  the 
  Com])- 
  

   troUer 
  of 
  the 
  Treasury 
  shall 
  have 
  painted 
  in 
  

   black 
  figures 
  on 
  white 
  canvas 
  two 
  sets 
  of 
  num- 
  

   bers, 
  corresponding 
  to 
  the 
  license 
  toi'atch 
  oys- 
  

   ters 
  with 
  scoop, 
  scrape, 
  dredge 
  or 
  any 
  similar 
  

   instrument, 
  ea(!h 
  figure 
  shall 
  be 
  twenty-two 
  

   inches 
  in 
  length 
  and 
  of 
  proportionate 
  width, 
  

   and 
  the 
  figures 
  at 
  least 
  six 
  inches 
  apart, 
  and 
  

   he 
  shall 
  give 
  to 
  each 
  person 
  taking 
  out 
  such 
  

   license 
  tAvo 
  nund)e]'s 
  ther^M)f, 
  one 
  of 
  which 
  shall 
  

   be 
  firndy 
  sewed 
  upon 
  the 
  starboard 
  side, 
  and 
  

   in 
  the 
  middle 
  of 
  that 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  mainsail 
  which 
  

   is 
  above 
  the 
  close 
  reef, 
  and 
  the 
  other 
  nundier 
  

   on 
  the 
  port 
  side, 
  and 
  in 
  the 
  nnddle 
  parr 
  of 
  the 
  

   jib, 
  Avhicli 
  is 
  al)ove 
  the 
  Ix^nnet 
  and 
  reef 
  ; 
  these 
  

   numl)ers 
  shall 
  be 
  placed 
  in 
  an 
  upright 
  jjosition, 
  ^'^'""' 
  p'*'^®'*- 
  

   and 
  worn 
  at 
  all 
  times 
  during 
  the 
  dredging 
  sea- 
  

   son, 
  and 
  shall 
  not 
  be 
  concealed 
  or 
  defa(^ed, 
  and 
  

   no 
  othei- 
  number 
  shall 
  be 
  exposed 
  to 
  view 
  or 
  

   used 
  than 
  that 
  which 
  is 
  furnished 
  by 
  the 
  Comp- 
  

   troller; 
  any 
  person 
  or 
  persons 
  who 
  shall 
  violate 
  

  

  Numbers 
  — 
  

  

  