The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1870-05-20
Public Local Law
For Hartford COHnfH.

For Hartford County.
Passed by the General Assembly of Mary
land at the January Session, 1870.
AN ACT
To protect Fish and wild Fowl in the wa
tiers of Queen Anne's, Kent Caroline and
Hartford Counties.
SEC. 1.
BE it enacted by the General Assembly
of Maryland, That it shall not be lawful
for any person or persons, to lash or beat
the waters within the limits of Queen
Anne's, Kent, Caroline and Hartford
Counties, or which wash the shores of all or
any two, or either of these counties, with
rods, poles, sticks or any thing else or to
make noises on the deck of any boat, or
on any part of any boat by the use of clogs
or wooden shoes, or by any other instru-
ment or means, or in any other manner, for
for the purpose of driving fish into any
seine, fish basket or any other continuance
for catching fish; nor for the purpose or
which will have the effect of driving or
frightening wild ducks or water fowls of
any description from their feeding or roost-
ing grounds in the waters of said Counties
Sec. 2.
And be it enacted, That any person vio-
lating any of the provisions of the prece-
ding section, shall pay fine of not less
than ten or more than one hundred dollars,
and forfeit the boat, together with her tackle
and apparel, and her seine and all other
property on board of her at the time of her
seizure.
SEC 3.
And be it enacted, That on information
given on oath to Justice of the Peace of
that county most adjacent to the waters
in which it is claimed q violation of the
1st Section ofthis law is being or has been
committed, he shall issue his warrant for
the arrest of the offender or offenders, and
the seizure of the boat together with all
her tackle and apparel, and all other prop
erty on board and in their possession which
warrant shall be directed to the Sheriff or
some constable, of said county, and the
Sheriff or such constable may summon the
posse comitatus to aid him making any ar
rest and seizure authorized by this act.
Sec. 4.
And be it enacted, That upon the arrest
of the offenders, they shall be taken before
a justice of the peace of that one of the
aforesaid counties most adjacent to the
waters in which the offence has been COM
mitted, and tried and if found guilty,
c1o1 fin Of +n,
than one hundred dollars, to be recovered
as other small debts are now recovered,
and the said Justice shall condemn all
property, seized by the officer making the
arrest, which shall appear in proof to have
been in the possession of the parties found
guilty or used by them in violation of the
first section of this act, and adjudgc and
decree the same to be sold.
SEC. 5.
And be it enacted, That the property so
as aforesaid condemned, shall be sold by
the officer making the seizure, on ten days
notice, by either written or printed adver-
tisement placed in four public places, and
the proceeds of sale, after deducting the
costs of the proceedings and the expenses
of sale, shall be divided as follows: One
fourth to the officers making the seizure,
and the residue to be divided equally
among the persons who aided him in max
ing such seizure.
SEC. 6.
And be it enacted, That any party, who
has been adjudged guilty of a violation of
the provisions of this act, and feels himself
thereof aggrieved, shall have the right of
appealing to the County Circuit Court of
the County, in which he has had trial.
SEC. 7.
And be it enacted, That this act shall
take effect from the date ofits passage.
Approved, February 10, 1870
ODEN BOWIE, Governor.
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