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  Vhapter 
  445, 
  Laws 
  1880, 
  protects 
  Oysters 
  in 
  

   the 
  waters 
  of 
  Pocomoke 
  Sound 
  in 
  Somerset 
  

   County. 
  

  

  Sectiox 
  1. 
  Be 
  it 
  enacted 
  by 
  the 
  General 
  As- 
  

   ' 
  Unlawful 
  to 
  seinhly 
  of 
  Maryland, 
  That 
  it 
  shall 
  not 
  be 
  law- 
  

   take 
  oysters, 
  ful 
  foi" 
  aiiv 
  pei'soii 
  oi" 
  pei'soiis 
  tr) 
  employ 
  any 
  

   canoe, 
  boat 
  or 
  vessel 
  in 
  catching 
  or 
  taking 
  03's- 
  

   ters 
  with 
  scoop, 
  scrape, 
  drag 
  or 
  dredge, 
  or 
  any 
  

   similar 
  instrument, 
  within 
  the 
  waters 
  of 
  Poco- 
  

   moke 
  sound, 
  in 
  Somerset 
  county 
  ; 
  nor 
  shall 
  

   any 
  person 
  or 
  persons 
  take 
  or 
  catch 
  oysters 
  for 
  

   sale 
  within 
  said 
  waters 
  otherwise 
  than 
  with 
  

   tongs, 
  as 
  restricted 
  and 
  regulated 
  by 
  the 
  provi- 
  

   sions 
  of 
  the 
  General 
  Oyster 
  Law 
  in 
  force 
  in 
  this 
  

   State. 
  

  

  Fine 
  for 
  vio- 
  

   lation. 
  

  

  Issue 
  warrant 
  

   to 
  sheriff. 
  

  

  Give 
  immedi- 
  

   ate 
  hearing. 
  

  

  Sec. 
  2. 
  Ajnd 
  be 
  it 
  enacted, 
  That 
  any 
  person 
  

   or 
  persons 
  violating 
  the 
  provisions 
  oi" 
  this 
  act 
  

   shall 
  be 
  fined 
  in 
  a 
  sum 
  not 
  less 
  than 
  seventy- 
  

   live 
  dollars 
  nor 
  more 
  than 
  one 
  hundred 
  and 
  

   fifty 
  dollars 
  for 
  each 
  and 
  every 
  offence, 
  and 
  

   shall 
  stand 
  committed 
  to 
  the 
  county 
  Jail 
  until 
  

   such 
  fine 
  and 
  the 
  costs 
  of 
  suit 
  are 
  paid. 
  

  

  Sec. 
  3. 
  And 
  be 
  it 
  enacted, 
  That 
  on 
  informa- 
  

   tion 
  made 
  under 
  oath 
  of 
  any 
  violation 
  of 
  the 
  

   provisions 
  of 
  this 
  act 
  to 
  any 
  Justice 
  of 
  the 
  Peace 
  

   of 
  Somerset 
  county, 
  he 
  shall 
  forthwith 
  issue 
  

   his 
  warrant 
  to 
  the 
  sheriff 
  or 
  any 
  constable 
  of 
  

   said 
  county, 
  requiring 
  said 
  officer 
  to 
  proceed 
  

   forthwith 
  to 
  arrest 
  the 
  party 
  or 
  parties 
  alleged 
  

   Xm 
  have 
  been 
  engaged 
  in 
  the 
  violation 
  of 
  this 
  

   act, 
  and 
  bring 
  him 
  or 
  them 
  before 
  said 
  Justice 
  

   at 
  once 
  for 
  trial, 
  and 
  upon 
  conviction 
  shall 
  be 
  

   fined 
  as 
  required 
  by 
  section 
  two 
  of 
  this 
  act. 
  

  

  Sec. 
  4. 
  And 
  be 
  it 
  enacted, 
  That 
  the 
  said 
  Jus- 
  

   tice 
  of 
  the 
  Peace 
  shall 
  either 
  give 
  the 
  case 
  an 
  

   immediate 
  hearing, 
  or 
  at 
  the 
  instance 
  of 
  the 
  

   party 
  or 
  parties 
  charged, 
  shall 
  api)oint 
  some 
  

   early 
  day, 
  within 
  the 
  next 
  five 
  days 
  thereafter, 
  

   to 
  hear 
  the 
  case, 
  the 
  party 
  or 
  parties 
  charged 
  

   giving 
  such 
  good 
  and 
  sufficient 
  bail 
  as 
  said 
  

   Justice 
  shall 
  require 
  for 
  his 
  or 
  their 
  appearance 
  ; 
  

  

  