St. Mary's gazette., 1867-08-22
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article t. take or catch oysters on Sunday
aud any person or persons SO offending
shall be liable to Indictment for a misic
mcanor IN any court having criminal
Jurisdiction in the State and upon convic-
tiou thereof shall be fined sum not les,
than fifty nor more than two hundred dol
lars or be imprisoned not less than tweutv
or more than sixty days in the discretion
Of n" JUDI trying The satnc
! Sec 2S. and ho i enacted. That all
n2ys arising from the sale of licenses or
tfom tines, penalties anI fhrfeitures impos-
e.l un.,cr this article shah by the comptrol-
ltr be pail into the Treasury ana placed to
t." credit of the oyster funi, and the Comp
.roIrr i> herehg required to state in his
annual report particularly y the receipts and
expenditures on account Of SAID fund and
thn baIaucc otaali4y II the credit Of tho
STATE at the time ot making such report.
Sc % AMI !, it enacted, That tho
owner or owners Of any land bordering ON
any of tie naligable waters Of this State
the lines OF which extend INTO and are COW
erred ty the SAIL watar~, shall have the cx-
elusive privilege Of showing. hedling or
,d"pos;tjng oysters Or other she'll fish with
n the lines us their own and, and anv
Owner oy owners of land lying anl border
IA upon any of the waters Of this State
Shall have pewr. to locate aul appropriate
IN any Of the waters alipjnin, his. her or
their land hve 8rrf> for the purpose of pre-
serving, depo,itng balding or sowing oys-
tcrs or other she'll ti,h, Az that any other
ci'z"n ot the copnty shall have power to
Inclt- anil appropr;Ate five acres in any
waters n sai county not located or aprro-
priatcl by the first day of January, 1868;
prov'ic:, that the >ail location or appro-
priation shall ht described by stakes. bush
IS or other proper and visible marks or
mc.y@ and Mmi@- which description shall
be reduced to writing under the oath Of
some compctant surveyor and recorded ut
the expense Of the party locating or appro-
prlaiinG the Same III the office of tho
Clerk Of the Circuit Court for the county
wherein such land may BE- located; aud pro-
vldcd also, that such location aud appropri-
alton shall not lnjurc obstruct or impcdo
the free navigation Of such waters, but no
such location and appropriation shall inter
:rr' with the rights reserved by sections
tw ntv-ci-ht and twontv nino''of this s'article;
provided that no natural bar or bed of
oysters shaIi De located OF appropriated.
See. 30 And be it enacted, That If any
rock Gov" or inlet not exceeding one hun
Iial yar,ls IN breadth at its mouth make
INTO the land or lands, the owner or own
crS or other lawful occuraut or occupants
shall have the exclusive right to use said
creek, cove or iulet for depositing, bedding
or sowing oysters or other shell fish, al
though such creek cove or inlet may not
be included IN The lines Of any patent.
Sec 81 Aud he i enacted, That any
person who shall take with drag, drcdgr,
scoop, scrapn, rakcs or tongs, or any in
Strunent whatevrr, any oyster or shelhish
ImbcdJcd, planted or sown in accordance
with The provisions at sections twent y eight
and twcuiy PING OF this article, or shall
rarry dr attempt to carry the same away.
shnll BE- deemed gully Of felony and be
ilnbc 10 Indictment. aud on conviction
thor' pt III aHy canrt IN this State havit &
criminal Jurisdiction shall hc sentenced by
the judge of such court to the peuitcntis-
try for .rl'Ir not exceeding five years and
not less than one year
Sec Aud hc Itcnactcd, That the States
nort.uu Of all fines and fnririturrs occurring
uY1 section of tai, article shal nc psld
by the ~hrn nor oth5r ofir, collecting the
same t. tie Clerk Of the Circuit Court of
The county VI thr Clerk 0. the Court Of
Common Pleas ot tp4 city Of Baltimore.
H!crc such fna or forfeiture. may occur.