100 



making the capture, (except the officers of the 

 State Fishery Force,) and the balance shall be 

 paid into the Trejisnry of the State to be cred- 

 ited to the Ovster Fund. 



Fines to be 



paid to clerk. 



Sec. 12. And he it enacted. The fines ac- 

 crning- under this act shall be paid by the 

 sheriff, constable or officers of the State Fish- 

 ery Force, collecting the same, Avithin ten days, 

 to the clerk of the county or city where such 

 tine may accrue, and such clerk shall account 

 for the same in his next quarterly term to the 

 Comptroller of the Treasury, to be placed to 

 the credit of the Oyster Fund. 



Penaltj- 

 violation. 



for 



Sec. 13. And he it enacted. That it shall be 

 unlawful, without authority from the owner, 

 for any person or persons to take or catch 

 planted or bedded oysters : any person or per- 

 sons violating tlie X)rovis!ons of this section 

 shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and 

 on conviction in the Circuit Court of the county 

 wherein the oysters were bedded, shall be lined 

 not less than five dollars nor more than fifty 

 dollars, or be sentenced to the House of Cor- 

 rection for a term not less than three months 

 nor more than three years, at the discretion of 

 the Judge or Justice trying the same. 



When 

 la\vful. 



Penalty- 

 violation. 



for 



Sec. 14. And he it enacted^ That it shall be 

 unlawful for any person or persons to take or 

 catch oysters, except for private use, to the 

 amount of five bushels x)er day, or for sale of 

 the same to any citizen or citizens of the neigh- 

 borhood, and to them only for the purpose of 

 being consumed where sold, or for the purpose 

 of replanting or bedding in the waters of the 

 counties wherein they are caught, or for sale 

 to the citizens of the county wherein they are 

 caught, and to them only for the purpose of 

 replanting or bedding in the waters of said 

 counties, between the fifteenth day of April 

 and the first day of September, in each and 

 every year ; any person violating this section 



