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  effective. 
  

  

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  and 
  any 
  party 
  or 
  parties 
  feeling 
  himself 
  or 
  

   themselves 
  aggrieved 
  by 
  any 
  conviction 
  or 
  

   judgment 
  of 
  said 
  justice, 
  shall 
  have 
  the 
  right 
  

   to 
  appeal 
  to 
  the 
  Circuit 
  Court 
  for 
  Somerset 
  

   county, 
  which 
  shall 
  hear 
  and 
  determine 
  the 
  

   same 
  as 
  other 
  cases 
  on 
  appeal. 
  

  

  Sec. 
  o. 
  And 
  be 
  it 
  enacted, 
  That 
  this 
  act 
  shall 
  

   take 
  effect 
  u])on 
  the 
  consent 
  and 
  ratification 
  of 
  

   the 
  provisions 
  of 
  this 
  act 
  by 
  the 
  Legislature 
  of 
  

   the 
  State 
  of 
  Virginia, 
  as 
  required 
  by 
  the 
  com- 
  

   pact 
  between 
  the 
  States 
  of 
  Mrginia 
  and 
  Mary- 
  

   land, 
  in 
  the 
  year 
  seventeen 
  hundred 
  and 
  eighty- 
  

   one. 
  

  

  worcestp:r 
  county. 
  

  

  Chapter 
  214. 
  Zc/ 
  ?r,9 
  1 
  880, 
  repeals 
  Sections 
  2 
  and 
  

   4 
  of 
  ( 
  liapter 
  217, 
  Laws 
  of 
  1876, 
  relating 
  to 
  

   Oysters 
  in 
  tlie 
  waters 
  comprised 
  loithin 
  the 
  

   limits 
  of 
  Worcester 
  Coiuity^ 
  and 
  enacts 
  fol- 
  

   loioing 
  sut)stitute 
  therefor 
  : 
  

  

  Sectiox 
  2. 
  And 
  Ite 
  it 
  enacted. 
  That 
  the 
  clerk 
  

   of 
  the 
  Circuit 
  Court 
  for 
  Worcester 
  county 
  may 
  May 
  issue 
  u- 
  

   issue 
  to 
  any 
  citizen 
  of 
  said 
  county 
  a 
  license 
  to 
  ""^*'- 
  

   take 
  or 
  catch 
  oysters 
  with 
  rakes 
  or 
  tongs, 
  from 
  

   the 
  watt^rs 
  of 
  Synepuxent 
  bay 
  and 
  its 
  tributa- 
  

   ries, 
  until 
  the 
  first 
  day 
  of 
  May 
  next 
  after 
  the 
  

   issuing 
  of 
  said 
  license 
  ; 
  provided 
  the 
  api)licant 
  

   for 
  said 
  license 
  shall 
  satisfy 
  said 
  clerk 
  by 
  his 
  

   own 
  oath 
  or 
  otlier 
  sufii(^ient 
  proof 
  that 
  he 
  is 
  a 
  satisfy 
  by 
  

   citizen 
  of 
  said 
  county, 
  and 
  shall 
  pay 
  to 
  said 
  ""'^ 
  °' 
  '"°°^- 
  

   clerk 
  the 
  sum 
  of 
  one 
  dolhir, 
  to 
  be 
  paid 
  by 
  said 
  

   clerk 
  to 
  the 
  County 
  Commissioners 
  of 
  Worces- 
  

   ter 
  county, 
  to 
  be 
  expanded 
  in 
  tlie 
  procuring 
  of 
  

   seed 
  oysters 
  to 
  be 
  planted 
  in 
  said 
  bay 
  as 
  the 
  

   commissioners 
  aforesaid 
  may 
  direct 
  ; 
  but 
  no 
  

   person 
  licensed 
  as 
  above, 
  nor 
  any 
  other 
  person, 
  

   shall 
  take 
  or 
  remove 
  any 
  oysters 
  from 
  the 
  

   waters 
  of 
  said 
  bay 
  or 
  its 
  tributaries 
  on 
  any 
  

   Sunday 
  or 
  in 
  the 
  night 
  at 
  any 
  season, 
  nor 
  during 
  

   the 
  day 
  from 
  the 
  first 
  day 
  of 
  May 
  to 
  tlie 
  first 
  

   day 
  of 
  St-ptember, 
  or 
  any 
  shells 
  fnmi 
  the 
  natu- 
  

   ral 
  rocks 
  at 
  any 
  time 
  ; 
  ju-ovided 
  that 
  nothing 
  ^^^ 
  

   herein 
  shall 
  be 
  construed 
  to 
  forbid 
  any 
  ]>erson 
  strued* 
  ''°"" 
  

  

  