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  artirle. 
  in 
  taking 
  orcatcliing 
  oysters 
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  rnkps 
  

   or 
  tongs, 
  except 
  for 
  i:)rivate 
  use, 
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   conviction 
  thereof 
  before 
  a 
  Justice 
  of 
  the 
  Peace 
  

   for 
  tlie 
  county 
  wherein 
  the 
  offence 
  has 
  been 
  

   conmiitted, 
  be 
  find 
  not 
  less 
  than 
  twenty 
  nor 
  

   more 
  than 
  one 
  hundred 
  dollai's 
  ; 
  and 
  in 
  case 
  of 
  

   refusal 
  to. 
  pay 
  the 
  said 
  tine, 
  said 
  party 
  shall 
  

   be 
  confined 
  in 
  the 
  House 
  of 
  (Joriection 
  for 
  a 
  

   period 
  not 
  less 
  than 
  three 
  months, 
  nor 
  more 
  

   than 
  three 
  years. 
  

  

  Fine 
  for 
  vio- 
  

   lation. 
  

  

  Sec. 
  22. 
  And 
  be 
  it 
  enacted. 
  That 
  all 
  moneys 
  

   arising 
  from 
  hues, 
  penalties 
  or 
  forfeitures 
  im- 
  

   posed 
  under 
  this 
  article, 
  shall, 
  upon 
  Avarrant 
  

   of 
  the 
  Comptroller, 
  be 
  paid 
  into 
  the 
  Treasury 
  

   and 
  ])laced 
  to 
  the 
  credit 
  of 
  the 
  Oyster 
  Fund 
  ; 
  

   and 
  the 
  Comptroller 
  is 
  hereby 
  recpiired 
  to 
  state 
  

   in 
  his 
  annual 
  report, 
  pai'ticularly. 
  the 
  receipts 
  

   and' 
  expenditures 
  on 
  account 
  of 
  said 
  fund, 
  tlie 
  

   balance 
  standing 
  to 
  the 
  credit 
  of 
  the 
  State 
  at 
  

   the 
  time 
  of 
  making 
  such 
  report. 
  

  

  Fines 
  to 
  be 
  

   paid 
  into 
  treas- 
  

   ury. 
  

  

  Sec. 
  2;-). 
  And 
  he 
  it 
  eiiacfed. 
  That 
  the 
  owner 
  

   or 
  owners 
  of 
  any 
  land 
  bordering 
  on 
  any 
  of 
  the 
  

   navigalde 
  waters 
  of 
  this 
  State, 
  the 
  lines 
  of 
  

   which 
  extend 
  into 
  and 
  are 
  covered 
  by 
  said 
  ^^^^ 
  ^^ 
  ^^ 
  

   waters, 
  shall 
  have 
  the 
  exclusive 
  privilege 
  of 
  sive^pHv^egel 
  

   using 
  the 
  sanit 
  for 
  protecting, 
  sewing, 
  bedding 
  

   or 
  dei)ositing 
  oystei-s 
  or 
  other 
  shell 
  tish. 
  within 
  

   the 
  lines 
  of 
  their 
  own 
  land 
  : 
  and 
  any 
  owner 
  or 
  

   owners 
  of 
  land 
  lying 
  and 
  bordering 
  upon 
  an}' 
  

   of 
  the 
  waters 
  of 
  this 
  State 
  shall 
  have 
  power 
  to 
  p^^^.^^ 
  toio- 
  

   locatp 
  and 
  appropriate 
  in 
  any 
  of 
  the 
  waters 
  cate 
  five 
  acres. 
  

   adjoining 
  his, 
  her, 
  or 
  their 
  lands, 
  five 
  acres, 
  

   for 
  the 
  purpose 
  of 
  pi'otecting, 
  jn'eserving, 
  de- 
  

   positing, 
  bedding 
  or 
  sowing 
  oysters 
  or 
  other 
  

   shell 
  tish 
  ; 
  and 
  that 
  any 
  other 
  citizen 
  of 
  the 
  

   State 
  shall 
  have 
  power 
  to 
  locate 
  and 
  a])pro- 
  

   priate 
  five 
  acres 
  in 
  any 
  waters 
  in 
  said 
  State 
  not 
  

   located 
  or 
  appro])i"iated 
  ; 
  provided, 
  thirty 
  days 
  

   notice 
  in 
  writing 
  shall 
  be 
  given 
  the 
  owner 
  or 
  

   owners, 
  occu])ant 
  or 
  occu])ants 
  of 
  land 
  border- 
  

   ing 
  on 
  said 
  water 
  })roposed 
  to 
  be 
  located 
  ; 
  that 
  

   the 
  owner 
  or 
  owners, 
  occupant 
  or 
  occupants, 
  

  

  