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PUBLIC GENERAL LAWS. 
Not to 
catch oys- 
ters. 
Forfeit for 
Violation- 
Fine. 
person or persons to rake, drag or dredge for oys- 
ters within five hundred yards of either edge of 
the new channel at the mouth of Patapsco river,, 
known as the “Craighill Channel,” extending from 
the Seven Foot Knoll to the month of Magothy 
river. 
Sec. 2. And be it enacted , That any person or 
persons violating the first section of this act shal 
forfeit his boat or vessel, and it shall he lawful for 
any justice of the peace of the county or city in 
which such person or persons shall be arrested, to 
try such person or persons, and on conviction to 
condemn said boat or vessel and sell the same on 
five days’ notice, and fine the said offender or offen 
ders a sum not less than five nor more than twenty- 
five dollars for each and every offence, and the said 
justice of the peace shall pay over one-half of said 
fines and forfeitures to the informer, and the other 
half to the School Board of said county or city.- 
