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  county, 
  except 
  citizens 
  of 
  said 
  county 
  ; 
  and 
  any 
  

   person 
  or 
  persons 
  violating 
  the 
  provisions 
  of 
  

   this 
  section 
  shall 
  be 
  subject 
  to 
  like 
  penalties 
  as 
  

   are 
  prescribed 
  in 
  the 
  preceding 
  sections 
  of 
  this 
  

  

  act. 
  

  

  Who 
  are 
  al- 
  

   lowed. 
  

  

  Spx'. 
  11. 
  Beit 
  enarted. 
  That 
  all 
  owners 
  and 
  

   masters 
  of 
  canoes, 
  boats 
  or 
  vessels 
  licensed 
  to 
  

   take 
  t)r 
  catch 
  oysters 
  in 
  the 
  watei's 
  of 
  AViconiico 
  

   county, 
  being 
  white 
  men, 
  are 
  hereby 
  constitu- 
  

   ted 
  officers 
  for 
  the 
  purpose 
  of 
  arresting 
  and 
  

   taking 
  before 
  any 
  Judge 
  of 
  any 
  Circuit 
  C-ourt 
  

   or 
  Justice 
  of 
  the 
  Peace 
  who 
  shall 
  have 
  juris- 
  

   diction 
  therein, 
  any 
  i)erson 
  or 
  persons 
  wIkj 
  may 
  

   be 
  engaged 
  in 
  violating 
  any 
  of 
  the 
  provisions 
  

   of 
  this 
  act, 
  and 
  of 
  seizing 
  any 
  canoe, 
  boat 
  or 
  

   vessel 
  engaged 
  therein 
  ; 
  and 
  all 
  such 
  owners 
  

   and 
  masters 
  are 
  hereby 
  vested 
  with 
  power 
  to 
  

   summon 
  the 
  posse 
  comitatus 
  to 
  aid 
  in 
  making 
  

   such 
  arrest 
  and 
  seizure. 
  

  

  Constituted 
  

   officers. 
  

  

  Sec. 
  1*2. 
  Be 
  it 
  enacted, 
  That 
  if 
  any 
  canoe 
  or 
  

   canoes, 
  boat 
  or 
  boats, 
  vessel 
  or 
  vessels, 
  shall 
  be 
  

   used 
  by 
  any 
  person 
  or 
  persons 
  within 
  the 
  limits 
  

   of 
  Wicomico 
  county, 
  in 
  the 
  same 
  manner 
  or 
  

   way 
  in 
  whi(^h 
  they 
  are 
  used 
  to 
  take 
  oysters 
  

   with 
  scoop, 
  scrape, 
  drag, 
  dredge, 
  or 
  similar 
  

   instrument, 
  it 
  shall 
  be 
  the 
  duty 
  of 
  any 
  officer, 
  

   created 
  by 
  this 
  act, 
  to 
  pursue 
  such 
  canoe 
  or 
  

   canoes, 
  boat 
  or 
  boats, 
  vessel 
  or 
  vessels, 
  and 
  if 
  

   the 
  said 
  canoe 
  or 
  canoes, 
  boat 
  or 
  boats, 
  vessel 
  

   or 
  vessels, 
  shall 
  be 
  found 
  to 
  have 
  on 
  board 
  any 
  

   scrapes, 
  cranks, 
  dredges, 
  or 
  any 
  similar 
  instru- 
  

   ments, 
  oi- 
  any 
  other 
  equipments 
  necessary 
  to 
  

   take 
  oysters 
  with 
  scoo]), 
  scra])e, 
  dredge, 
  or 
  

   similar 
  instrument, 
  it 
  shall 
  be 
  the 
  duty 
  of 
  the 
  

   said 
  officer 
  to 
  seize 
  the 
  said 
  canoe 
  or 
  canoes, 
  

   boat 
  or 
  boats, 
  vessel 
  or 
  vessels, 
  and 
  to 
  arrest 
  

   the 
  person 
  or 
  persons 
  found 
  onboard 
  and 
  bring 
  

   them 
  before 
  some 
  Justice 
  of 
  the 
  Peace 
  in 
  said 
  

   county, 
  to 
  be 
  dealt 
  with 
  according 
  to 
  the 
  provi- 
  

   sions 
  of 
  this 
  act 
  ; 
  and 
  the 
  necessaiy 
  api)urte 
  

   nances 
  being 
  on 
  board 
  of 
  said 
  canoe 
  or 
  canoes, 
  

   boat 
  or 
  boats, 
  vessel 
  or 
  vessels, 
  to 
  take 
  oysters 
  

   with 
  scoop, 
  drag, 
  dredge, 
  or 
  similar 
  instrument, 
  

  

  Duty 
  of 
  offi- 
  

   cer 
  to 
  pursue. 
  

  

  Evidence 
  of 
  

   violating. 
  

  

  