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  ized 
  by 
  tliis 
  act 
  to 
  make 
  arrests 
  of 
  persons 
  and 
  

   seizure 
  of 
  boats, 
  vessels 
  and 
  equipments, 
  lie 
  or 
  

   they 
  shall 
  be 
  deemed 
  g-uHty 
  of 
  a 
  misdemeanor, 
  

   and 
  upon 
  indictment 
  and 
  conviction 
  in 
  any 
  

   Court 
  hhving 
  criminal 
  jurisdiction 
  shall 
  be 
  fined 
  

   not 
  less 
  than 
  one 
  hundred 
  dollars 
  nor 
  more 
  than 
  pr^o"nment.'"' 
  

   five 
  hundred 
  dollars, 
  orimi)risoned 
  in 
  the 
  House 
  

   of 
  Correction 
  for 
  not 
  less 
  than 
  three 
  months 
  nor 
  

   more 
  than 
  one 
  year, 
  or 
  both 
  fine 
  and 
  imprison- 
  

   ment 
  in 
  the 
  discretion 
  of 
  the 
  Court 
  ; 
  and 
  the 
  

   fine 
  and 
  costs 
  of 
  prosecution 
  shall 
  be 
  a 
  lien 
  on 
  

   any 
  boat, 
  vessel 
  and 
  equipments 
  that 
  may 
  have 
  

   been 
  seized 
  wlien 
  such 
  offenders 
  were 
  arrested, 
  

   and 
  such 
  })oat, 
  vessel 
  and 
  equipment 
  shall 
  be 
  

   disposed 
  of 
  to 
  secure 
  the 
  payment 
  of 
  such 
  costs 
  

   and 
  line 
  as 
  the 
  .ludge 
  of 
  the 
  (Jourt 
  may 
  direct, 
  

   according 
  to 
  the 
  provisions 
  of 
  preceding 
  sec- 
  

   tions 
  in 
  this 
  act. 
  

  

  Sec. 
  19. 
  And 
  he 
  it 
  enacted. 
  That 
  for 
  all 
  

   oysters 
  bought 
  and 
  sold 
  <>n 
  the 
  Potomac 
  river 
  

   the 
  following 
  shall 
  be 
  the 
  standard 
  bushel 
  

   measure, 
  viz.: 
  A 
  solid 
  iron 
  tub, 
  measuring 
  

   sixteen 
  and 
  one-half 
  inches 
  across 
  the 
  bottom 
  

   froni 
  inside 
  to 
  inside, 
  eighteen 
  inches 
  across 
  the 
  

   top 
  from 
  inside 
  to 
  inside, 
  and 
  twenty-one 
  inches 
  bushelmeas- 
  

   from 
  the 
  inside 
  bottom, 
  diagonally, 
  to 
  the 
  in- 
  

   side 
  top. 
  This 
  measure, 
  even 
  full, 
  shall 
  V)e 
  a 
  

   bushel 
  ; 
  and 
  any 
  person 
  using 
  a 
  larger 
  measure 
  

   shall 
  be 
  sul)ject 
  to 
  a 
  tine 
  of 
  fen 
  dollars 
  for 
  each 
  

   and 
  every 
  offence 
  against 
  the 
  pro\isions 
  of 
  this 
  

   section, 
  to 
  be 
  recoveied 
  by 
  proceedings 
  before 
  

   a 
  Justice 
  of 
  the 
  Peace, 
  one 
  half 
  to 
  be 
  paid 
  to 
  

   the 
  informer 
  and 
  the 
  other 
  half 
  to 
  the 
  Comp- 
  

   troller 
  of 
  the 
  State. 
  

  

  Sec. 
  20. 
  And 
  be 
  it 
  en 
  acted. 
  That 
  any 
  pei'son 
  

   or 
  persons 
  feeling 
  aggrieved 
  by 
  the 
  judgment 
  

   of 
  any 
  Justice 
  of 
  the 
  peace 
  in 
  any 
  trial 
  for 
  a 
  

   violation 
  of 
  any 
  provision 
  of 
  this 
  act, 
  may 
  ap- 
  

   peal 
  to 
  the 
  Circuit 
  Court 
  for 
  the 
  county 
  in 
  

   whic^h 
  siu'h 
  case 
  may 
  have 
  been 
  tried 
  ; 
  provi- 
  

   ded 
  he 
  or 
  they 
  give 
  notice 
  of 
  sucli 
  ap])eal 
  within 
  

   ten 
  days 
  after 
  judgment, 
  and 
  shall 
  within 
  ten 
  

   days 
  after 
  judgment 
  x>ay 
  the 
  costs 
  that 
  have 
  

  

  ure. 
  

  

  Nfay 
  appeal. 
  

  

  