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  WICOMICO 
  COUNTY. 
  

  

  Cha'pter 
  448, 
  Laws 
  ld>QO^ 
  protects 
  fish 
  in 
  loaters 
  

   of 
  Wicoinico 
  County. 
  

  

  Secttotnt 
  1. 
  Be 
  it 
  enacted 
  hy 
  the 
  General 
  As- 
  

   sembly 
  of 
  Maryland., 
  Tliat 
  it 
  shall 
  be 
  unlawful 
  

   use^p"dund 
  ne\° 
  ±01' 
  311 
  Y 
  persoii 
  OY 
  pei'soTis 
  to 
  set. 
  stake, 
  or 
  in 
  

   *•=• 
  any 
  manner 
  place 
  any 
  pound 
  net 
  or 
  fyke 
  net 
  

  

  made 
  of 
  twine, 
  in 
  the 
  waters 
  of 
  Wicomico 
  

   county, 
  at 
  any 
  time. 
  

  

  Sec. 
  2. 
  And 
  he 
  it 
  enacted. 
  That 
  it 
  shall 
  be 
  

  

  unlawful 
  for 
  any 
  person 
  or 
  persons 
  to 
  catch, 
  

  

  take, 
  capture, 
  kill 
  or 
  injure 
  any 
  shad, 
  lieiTin<i-, 
  

  

  ,j 
  .. 
  . 
  . 
  rock, 
  perch 
  or 
  anv 
  other 
  kind 
  of 
  fish 
  with 
  haul 
  

  

  IN 
  otto 
  catch, 
  •/! 
  .'i 
  • 
  11-T 
  

  

  capture, 
  &c. 
  seiue, 
  Tioat 
  seme, 
  stake 
  seme, 
  or 
  any 
  other 
  kmd 
  

   of 
  seine, 
  net 
  or 
  fish 
  trap 
  in 
  the 
  waters 
  of 
  said 
  

   county, 
  between 
  the 
  twentieth 
  day 
  of 
  May 
  in 
  

   each 
  and 
  every 
  year, 
  and 
  the 
  first 
  day 
  of 
  Sex>- 
  

   tember 
  in 
  the 
  next 
  succeeding 
  year. 
  

  

  Sec. 
  8. 
  And 
  be 
  it 
  enacted. 
  That 
  each 
  and 
  

   every 
  person 
  who 
  may 
  violate 
  any 
  of 
  the 
  pro- 
  

   visions 
  of 
  this 
  act 
  shall 
  be 
  deemed 
  guilty 
  of 
  a 
  

   misdemeanor, 
  and 
  upon 
  conviction 
  thereof, 
  

   before 
  any 
  Justice 
  of 
  the 
  Peace 
  of 
  Wicomico 
  

   county, 
  shall 
  be 
  fined 
  by 
  the 
  said 
  Justice 
  of 
  

   the 
  Peace 
  sitting 
  in 
  the 
  case 
  a 
  sum 
  not 
  less 
  

   latl'r 
  "^""^ 
  '^'''" 
  ^•^^'^ 
  ^^^ 
  dollars 
  nor 
  more 
  than 
  twenty-five 
  

   dollars, 
  for 
  each 
  and 
  every 
  violation 
  aforesaid; 
  

   and 
  each 
  and 
  every 
  person 
  so 
  convicted 
  and 
  

   fined 
  shall 
  be 
  committed 
  by 
  the 
  said 
  Justice 
  of 
  

   the 
  Peace 
  to 
  be 
  confined 
  in 
  the 
  county 
  jail 
  in 
  

   said 
  coimty 
  until 
  the 
  said 
  fine 
  and 
  all 
  costs 
  of 
  

   the 
  prosecution 
  are 
  paid; 
  and 
  shall, 
  in 
  addition 
  

   to 
  the 
  said 
  penalties, 
  also 
  i'oi-feit 
  and 
  lose 
  all 
  

   seines, 
  nets 
  and 
  boats 
  of 
  every 
  kind 
  which 
  may 
  

   be 
  used 
  by 
  them 
  in 
  violating 
  as 
  aforesaid. 
  

  

  Se{^,. 
  4. 
  And, 
  be 
  it 
  enacted, 
  That 
  it 
  shall 
  be 
  

   the 
  duty 
  of 
  the 
  Justice 
  of 
  the 
  Pea(;e 
  to 
  decree 
  

   the 
  forfeiture 
  mentioned 
  in 
  the 
  preceding 
  sec- 
  

   tion, 
  and 
  to 
  order 
  and 
  direct 
  the 
  constable 
  or 
  

   Sell 
  forfeited 
  otlier 
  otficer 
  making 
  the 
  arrest, 
  to 
  take 
  and 
  sell 
  

   property. 
  ^^^ 
  property 
  so 
  forfeited 
  as 
  aforesaid, 
  after 
  

  

  