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Sec. 4. And he it enacted. That no person or 

 persons, other than the bona hde residents of 

 Kent and Queen Anne counties, shall use any 

 boat or trap of any kind or description used in 

 catching fish in the said waters of Chester 

 River and its tributaries in said counties ; ^yo- 

 vided, however, that persons owning or occupy- boaf or tSp"^^ 

 ing lands in said counties on said river and its 

 tributaries, shall have the right to rent or oth- 

 erwise grant to non-residents the privilege of 

 fishing in or opposite their shores during the 

 fishing season hereinbefore limited and fixed ; 

 and further provided, that the right to take 

 fish with hook and line shall be allowed to all 

 persons at all times. 



Sec. 5. And he it enacted, That upon the in- 

 formation of any citizen of either of said coun- 

 ties, that he knows or verily believes that any 

 person or persons have violated any of the pro- 

 visions of this act, before any Justice of the 

 Peace of either of said counties, the said Jus- 

 tice of the Peace shall docket a case in the 

 name of the State of Maryland against such Docket case. 

 person or j)ersons so charged bj^ oath as offend- 

 ing, and issue a warrant at once to some one of 

 the constables or the sheriff of such county, for 

 the arrest of the party or parties charged in 

 said oath with such violation of this act, to be 

 brought before such Justice for trial, and said 

 constable or sheriff shall seize the boat, tackle, tackle, &c. 

 nets and other equipments owned by or in the 

 possession of such person or persons so charged 

 with the violation of this act, when such viola- 

 tion occurred, or at the time of such arrest, and 

 safely keep such jjroperty so taken during the 

 time pending the trial for such offence so 

 charged, and if upon such trial the Justice of 

 the Peace shall enter judgment for the State, 

 such person or persons as against whom such 

 judgment shall l)e rendered shall be fined not 

 less than twenty nor more than fifty dollars for latbn^ 

 each and every offence, in the discrfc^tion of 

 said Justice of the Peace ; one-half of which 

 fine shall ])e paid to the informer, the other 



Seize boat. 



Fine for vio- 



