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county, except citizens of said county ; and any j^^J 

 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. 



Sec. 11. Be it enacted^ That all owners and 

 masters of canoes, boats or vessels licensed to 

 take or catch oysters in the waters of Wicomico 

 county, being white men, a,re hereby constitu- 

 ted officers for the purpose of arresting and 

 taking before any Judge of any Circuit Court 

 or Justice of the Peace who shall have juris- 

 diction therein, any person or persons who 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. 



Who are al- 



Constituted 

 officers. 



Sec. 12. 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 wliich 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, or any other equipments necessary to 

 take oysters with scoop, scrape, 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 on board 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 necessary apxmrte 

 nances being on board of said canoe or canoes, 

 boat or boats, vessel or vessels, to take oysters 

 with scoop, drag, dredge, or sinular instrument, 



Duty of offi- 

 cer to pursue. 



Evidence of 

 yiolating. 



