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ized by this act to make arrests of persons and 

 seizure of boats, vessels and equipments, lie or 

 they shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, 

 and upon indictment and conviction in any 

 Court having criminal jurisdiction shall be lined 

 not less than one hundred dollars nor more than prEo^nment™' 

 five hundred dollars, or imprisoned in the House 

 of Correction for not less than three months nor 

 more than one year, or both fine and imprison- 

 ment in the discretion of the Court ; and the 

 fine and costs of prosecuti(»n shall be a lien on 

 any boat, vessel and equipments that may have 

 been seized when such offenders were arrested, 

 and such boat, vessel and equipment shall be 

 disposed of to secure the payment of such costs 

 and fine as the Judge of the Court may direct, 

 according to the provisions of preceding sec- 

 tions in this act. 



Sec. 19. And he it enacted^ That for all 

 oysters bought and sold on the Potomac river 

 the following shall be the standard bushel 

 measure, viz.: A solid iron tub, measuring 

 sixteen and one-half inches across the bottom 

 from inside to inside, eighteen inches across the 

 top from inside to inside, and twenty-one inches bushd meas- 

 from the inside bottom, diagonally, to the in- 

 side top. This measuie, even full, shall be a 

 bushel ; and any person using a larger measure 

 shall be subject to a fine of ten dollars for each 

 and every offence against the provisions of this 

 section, to be recoveied by proceedings before 

 a Justice of the Peace, one -half to be paid to 

 the informer and the other half to the Comp- 

 troller of the State. 



Sec. 20. And he it enacted^ That any person 

 or persons feeling aggrieved by the judgment 

 of any Justice of the peace in any trial for a 

 violation of any provision of this act, may ap- 

 peal to the Circuit Court for the county in 

 which such case may have been tried ; provi- 

 ded he or they give notice of such api)eal within 

 ten days after judgment, and shall within ten 

 days after judgment pay the costs that have 



ure. 



May appeal. 



