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  129 
  

  

  actually 
  taking 
  up 
  oysters, 
  but 
  only 
  that 
  he 
  

   was 
  at 
  work 
  in 
  the 
  waters 
  so 
  staked 
  off 
  by 
  

   bushes, 
  stakes 
  or 
  buoys 
  as 
  aforesaid. 
  

  

  Sec. 
  8 
  A.nd 
  be 
  it 
  enacted. 
  That 
  this 
  act 
  shall 
  

   take 
  effect 
  from 
  the 
  date 
  of 
  its 
  passage. 
  

  

  WICOMICO 
  COUNTY. 
  

  

  Chapter 
  447, 
  Laws 
  1880, 
  repeals 
  Cliapter 
  241, 
  

   Laics 
  \'&1'2^ 
  protecting 
  Oysters 
  in 
  the 
  waters 
  

   of 
  Wicomico 
  County 
  and 
  re-enacts 
  the 
  same 
  

   with 
  additional 
  sections. 
  

  

  Section 
  1. 
  Be 
  it 
  enacted 
  hythe 
  Genercd 
  Ks- 
  

   scmbly 
  of 
  Maryland, 
  That 
  it 
  shall 
  not 
  be 
  law- 
  

   ful 
  for 
  any 
  person 
  or 
  persons 
  to 
  eni})loy 
  any 
  unlawful 
  to 
  

   canoe, 
  boat 
  or 
  other 
  vessel 
  in 
  catching 
  or 
  taking 
  '* 
  ^"y^'^"^^- 
  

   oysters 
  with 
  scoop, 
  scrape, 
  drag 
  or 
  dredge, 
  or 
  

   any 
  similar 
  instrument, 
  within 
  the 
  waters 
  of 
  

   AVicomico 
  county 
  ; 
  nor 
  shall 
  any 
  person 
  or 
  

   persons 
  take 
  or 
  catch 
  oysters 
  witliin 
  the 
  waters 
  

   of 
  said 
  county, 
  otlierwise 
  than 
  with 
  toiigs, 
  as 
  

   restricted 
  and 
  regulated 
  by 
  the 
  provisions 
  of 
  

   the 
  general 
  oyster 
  law 
  in 
  force 
  in 
  tiiis 
  State. 
  

  

  Sec. 
  2. 
  Xnd 
  he 
  it 
  enacted. 
  That 
  for 
  the 
  pro- 
  

   tection 
  of 
  young 
  oysters 
  in 
  the 
  waters 
  of 
  

   AVicomico 
  county, 
  it 
  shall 
  not 
  be 
  lawfTi] 
  for 
  

   any 
  person 
  or 
  persons 
  to 
  take 
  or 
  catch 
  oysters 
  

   above 
  a 
  straight 
  line 
  drawn 
  from 
  Sandv 
  Island 
  Bounds 
  and 
  

   on 
  the 
  west 
  side 
  of 
  the 
  Nanticoke 
  river, 
  to 
  ''"'«f°'-'«king. 
  

   Roaring 
  Point 
  on 
  the 
  east 
  side 
  of 
  said 
  river, 
  

   between 
  the 
  iirst 
  day 
  of 
  May 
  and 
  the 
  lirst 
  day 
  

   of 
  October, 
  nor 
  shall 
  it 
  be 
  lawfid 
  for 
  any 
  per- 
  

   son 
  or 
  persons, 
  to 
  convey 
  beyond 
  the 
  limits 
  of 
  

   said 
  county, 
  any 
  oysters 
  from 
  the 
  tirst 
  day 
  of 
  

   May 
  to 
  the 
  iirst 
  day 
  of 
  September 
  in 
  each 
  and 
  

   every 
  year. 
  

  

  Sec. 
  8. 
  And 
  he 
  it 
  enacted, 
  That 
  any 
  person 
  

   or 
  persons 
  violating 
  the 
  provisions 
  of 
  either 
  the 
  

   first 
  or 
  second 
  sections 
  of 
  this 
  act 
  shall 
  be 
  fined 
  

   in 
  a 
  sum 
  not 
  less 
  than 
  twenty-five 
  dollars 
  nor 
  

   more 
  than 
  two 
  hundred 
  dollars, 
  or 
  i 
  forfeit 
  the 
  

   canoe, 
  boat 
  or 
  vessel 
  in 
  his 
  or 
  their 
  possession, 
  vioiatron!*' 
  ^'*'^ 
  

  

  