PUBLIC LOCAL LAWS. 
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Sec. 11. And be it enacted , That this act shall 
have full force and effect from the first day of June, 
eighteen hundred and seventy-six, until the first day 
of June, eighteen hundred and eighty. 
Laws of 1876, Chapter 396. 
Section 1 . Be it enacted by the General Assembly 
of Maryland , That it shall be unlawful to take or 
catch oysters with tongs, rakes or any other instru- 
ment in the waters of Dorchester county in the 
months of June, July and August of each and every 
year; provided that five bushels per week maybe 
taken for the use of each family. 
Sec. 2. And be it f urther enacted , That any per- 
son or persons violating the provisions of the pre- 
ceding section shall, upon conviction thereof, forfeit 
and pay the sum of ten dollars and the forfeiture of 
boat or canoe used in said violation, and for every 
subsequent violation a fine of twenty dollars shall 
be imposed and the forfeiture of boat and canoe em- 
ployed in the violation of this act, the same to be 
recovered before any justice of the peace within said 
county, one-half of all fines, including the money 
.arising from the sale or sales of boats or canoes for- 
feited shall be awarded to the informer or informers, 
and the remainder to be paid into the free school 
treasury of Dorchester county, for the use of said 
schools ; provided nothing in the two preceding sec- 
tions of this act, or any part thereof, shall apply to 
catching oysters in either the Great or Little Chop- 
tank rivers or their tributaries in Dorchester county. 
Sec. 3. And be it enacted , That all boats or canoes 
captured and condemned under the provisions of the 
preceding section shall be sold at public auction to 
the highest bidder for cash, after giving ten days 5 
notice of the time and place of sale in such manner 
as may be directed by the justice of the peace mak- 
ing the condemnation. 
Laws of 1S7B ? Chapter 359. 
Section 1 . Be it enacted by the General Assembly 
of Maryland , That chapter four hundred and thirty- 
seven of the Acts of the General Assembly of Mary- 
land, passed at January session, eighteen hundred 
Full force 
and effect. 
Unlawful. 
Proviso. 
Penalty 
for violat- 
ing. 
Sold at 
public auc- 
tion. 
Repealed 
and re-en- 
acted. 
