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lessee or owner, upon conviction thereof, shall, for the first 
offense, be fined not less than fifty dollars, nor more than 
two hundred and fifty dollars, in the discretion of the Court, 
be imprisoned in jail, or in the penitentiary for not less than 
three months, nor more than one year, or shall be both so 
fined and imprisoned, and for the second, or any subsequent 
offense, shall be sentenced to imprisonment in the penitentiary 
for not less than two years nor more than five years. 
Section 115. Any person who shall make his boat fast to 
a State buoy, or remove the same, or in any manner interfere 
therewith, the same shall, in the discretion of the Court, upon 
conviction thereof, be sentenced to the penitentiary for a term 
of not less than one year or more than two years. 
Section 116. In addition to other penalties herein pro- 
vided, any person convicted of a violation of this Act under 
either of the three preceding sections, shall be, and is hereby, 
denied the right to take out any license to dredge, scrape or 
tong for oysters in any waters of this State, for the period 
of three years after said conviction. 
Section 117. It shall be the duty of all officers and mem- 
bers of the State Fishery Force to arrest persons violating 
this Act, and to patrol such waters of the Chesapeake Bay and 
its tributaries as they may be directed by the Board of Public 
Works to patrol, for the purpose of preventing violations of 
this Act. 
Section 118. The revenues arising from the operation of 
this Act shall be applied in the following manner: First, to 
the payment of all salaries, expenses, surveys, outlays and 
disbursements authorized by this Act; second, the balance, if 
any, to be paid at the end of each year into the Treasury of 
the State, leaving, however, a balance at the end of each year 
of Ten Thousand Dollars with the Board of Shell Fish Com- 
missioners, to be applied to the current expenses of its office 
for the ensuing year. All moneys so paid as aforesaid into 
the Treasury of the State shall be placed to the credit of a 
special fund, called the ‘‘Special Road Fund.”’ 
Section 119. The Board of Shell Fish Commissioners shall 
annually prepare and publish in pamphlet form a full report 
of its transactions during the year prior thereto, as well as a 
statement of the operations of this Act, and an account of the 
receipts and disbursements hereunder. The said report shall 
also contain a detailed statement of the lands leased under 
this Act, with the names of the lessees. The said Commis- 
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