The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1880-04-30
Public General LOaUs.

not less than two nor more than six months
Sec IA. And be it enacted, That the Comp
troller shall cause to be printed and delivered
to the Clerks of the Circuit Courts of the coun
ties bordering on the Potomac river, the re
quisite number of such blank licenses as are
required by the provisions of this act anC
said Clerks shall, on the first Mondays o
March and December in each year, return to
the Comptroller list and account of such H.
censes issued by them; and no license to catch
oysters with rakes or tongs shall be Issued to
any boat or vessel which is licensed to take
oysters with scoop, dredge, drag or any SINH.
lar implement.
Sec. 10. And be it enacted, That it shall be
unlawful for any person to catch oysters ON
Sunday or at night with scoop, dredge, drag or
similar implement, or by tongs; any person
violating this section shall be fined a sum OF
not less than fifty dollars nor more than one
hundred dollars, the fine and cost of prosecu-
ton TO be a lien on the boat, vessel and equip
ments used in violating the provisions OF this
section, and the case shall be tried and dis
posed Of, and the fine and costs collected and
paid over as provided in section six of this
act.
Sec. IL. And be it enacted, That il shall be
the dnty Of the officers of the State Fishery
Force, the sherif5, constable5 and Licensed
tongsmen of tine counties bordering on the
Potomac river, to arrest any person found yio-
atlng the provisions of this act, and to seizs
all boats, vessels and equipments engaged or
used in such violation, and to bring the Of
lenders before Judge of the Circuit Court or
a Justice OF the Peace, most convenient or ac-
cesslble, to be dealt with as by this act pro-
vided, and 10 hold such boats, vessels and
equipments TO be disposed of TO secure the
payment OF such fines and costs of prosecution
adjudged as hereinbefore provided ny the pre-
ceding sections OF this act.
Sec. II. And be it enacted, That upon in
formation given on oath to any Judge or JUS
tce of the Peace of any violation of any of the
provisions of this act, he shall issue his war
rant for the arrest OF the offender and the
seizure OF the boat, vessel aud equipments,
which warrant shall be directed to The sheriff.
constable or any licensed toDgsman of the
county wherein such warrant is Issued or to
any officer of the State Fishery Force, and said
persons, wnen arrested, shall be carried before
said Judge or Justice OF the Peace, and the
boat, vessel and equipments shall be held to
be dealt with according to the provisions Of
preceding sections of this act.
Sec Is. And be it enacted, That if anv
person or persons shall resist any officer an.
thorized by this act to make arrests and
seizure of boats, vessels and equipments, he or
they shall be deemed guilty OF misdemeanor.
and upon indictment and conviction in any
Court having criminal jurisdiction shall be
fined not less than one hundred dollars nor
more than five hundred dollars, or imprisoned
in the House Of Correction for not iess than
three months nor more than one year, or both
line and Imprisonment IN the discretion OF the
Court; and the liue and costs of prosecution
shall be lien on any boat, vessel and euuip-
ments that may have been seized when such
offenders were arrested, and such boat, vessel
and equipment shall be disposed of to secure
the payment of such cOsts and fine us the
Judge of the Court may direct, according to
the provisions of preceding sections in this act.
Sec. 10. And be it enacted, That for all
oysters bought and sold on the Potomac river
the following shall BE- the standard busbeI
measure, viz: A solid iron tub, measuring
sixteen and Une-half inches across the bottom
from inside to inside, eighteen inches across
the top from inside to inside and twenty-one
inches from the inside bottom, diagonally, to
the inside top. This measure, even full, shall
be bushel; and any person using larger
measure shall be subject 10 fine OF ten dol
lars for each and every offence against the pro-
VlSlOlS Vi IllS soCLlJllj W bC TcCOFeFcl DIV pro-
cesdngs before Justice of the Peace, one
halt to be paid to the informer and the other
half to the Comptroller of the State.
Sec 20. And be it enacted, That any person
or persons feeling aggreved by the Judgment
of any Justice OF the Peace in any trial for
violation of any provisions of this act, may ap-
peal to the Circuit Court for the county in
which such case may have been tried; pro-
vided he or they give notice of such appeal
within ten days after judgment, and shall
within ten days after Judgment pay the costs
that have accrued, and deliver 10 said Justice
of the Peace an appeal bond with two or more
suretles, to be approved by said Justice of the
Peace, executed To the State of Maryland in
the penalty of double the amount of fine or
penalty adjudged by SAID Justice OF the Peace,
said bond to be conditioned for the successful
prosecution Of said appeal.
Sec. Il. And be it enacted, Tnat all mony
paid into the Treasury OF the State, under the
provisions of this act, shall be placed to the
credit of the Oyster Fund"
Sec. %. And be it enacted, That the proyi-
sions of this act shall not apply to the cilizens
oil the State of Virginia.
Sec %. And be it enacted, That this act
shall take effect upon the approval of this act,
and the passage Oh a similar act by the State OF
Virginia.
HERMAN STUMP, JR.,
President of the Senate.
HIRAM MCCULLOUGH,
Speaker of the House of Delegates,
Approved March 10, 1873.
WIN. Il. HAMILTON,
Governor Of Maryland.
We hereby certify that the aforegoing is a cor
rect copy of an Act of the General Assem-
bly, of Maryland, passed at the January
Session, 1880.
EUGENE HIGGINS.
Secretary of the Senate
MILTON Y. KIDD,
Chief Clerk of the House of Delegates
ICHAPrER III
ARNORLES.