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Sec. 4. And be it enacted , That it shall be and 
is hereby made unlawful for any person or per- 
sons to stop up the mouth of any river, creek or cove, 
by means of a seine or gill net, so as to prevent fish 
from passing in or out of said river, creek or cove. 
Sec. 5. And be it enacted , That any person 
who shall violate any of the provisions of the pre- 
ceding sections shall be deemed guilty of a misde- 
meanor, and upon conviction thereof before a jus- 
tice of the peace, or upon indictment and convic- 
tion in the Circuit Court for Worcester county, shall 
be fined not less than twenty-five nor more than one 
hundred dollars, one-half of said fine to be paid to 
the informer and the residue to the school fund of 
the county; and in all cases of conviction of the 
party arrested, or sale of a boat, furniture and imple- 
ments under this act, the officer making such arrest 
or seizure shall be entitled to a fee of twenty dol- 
lars, to be collected from the party convicted or from 
the proceeds of sale of said boat, tackle and imple- 
ments in addition to all other costs ; provided that 
this act shall not restrict or prevent traders or other 
persons from purchasing from or selling to non-resi- 
dents the shell-fish in this act mentioned. 
Sec. 6. And be it enacted , That if any citizen 
of Maryland shall be concerned or interested with 
any person not resident within this State in the 
taking, catching or planting of oysters in the waters 
of Synepuxent Bay or in any of the tributaries there- 
of included in the boundaries of Worcester county, 
or shall knowingly permit any person not a citizen 
and actual resident within this State to take, catch 
or plant oysters in his name, he shall be liable to the 
penalties and forfeitures imposed for the violation 
of the preceding sections of this act, and shall be 
proceeded against in the same manner ; provided 
that nothing herein shall be construed to prevent 
the employment of non-residents as day laborers for 
the above purposes. 
Sec. 7. And be it enacted , That upon information 
given upon oath to any justice of the peace of Wor- 
cester county of any violations of any of the pro- 
visions of this article, the said justice of the peace 
shall issue his warrant for the arrest of the offender 
or offenders and the seizure of the canoe, boat or 
Unlawful. 
Penalty 
for violat- 
ing. 
Fine. 
Officer’s 
fee. 
Proviso. 
Citizens Of 
the State 
not to al- 
low their 
names to 
be used 
fraudu- 
lently. 
Proviso. 
Informa- 
tion of vio- 
lation. 
