1434 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 929

upon conviction thereof, shall be fined not less than Fifty
Dollars ($50. 00) nor more than Five Hundred Dollars
($500. 00), or confined in jail not less than thirty days nor
more than six months, either or both, and in addition to such
fine or imprisonment any oysters in the possession of said
person taken or held in violation of the provisions of said
Sec. 4, shall be confiscated and returned to the natural bars
or beds under the supervision of the Department of Tide-
water Fisheries at the expense of the violator; and the boat
used in connection with any of the violations of this section
shall be, by the Court trying the case, held as security for the
payment of the costs and fine until same are paid. In addition
to the above penalties the license under which the violator
operated may be suspended or revoked by said Court.

Any packer, commission man, boatman or other person who
shall conspire or agree with any other person to evade any of
the provisions of said Sec. 4, or who shall participate in any
such violations, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and subject
to the penalties applicable to the violations occurring under the
provisions of said section.

(b) Tonging. Any person violating any of the provisions of
Sec. 5 shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction
thereof, shall be subject to a fine of not less than Twenty
Dollars ($20. 00) nor more than One Hundred Dollars
($100. 00) and stand committed to the county jail of the
county in which he is convicted until the costs and fine are paid.

(c) Dredging in the Chesapeake Bay. Any person violating
any of the provisions of Sec. 6 shall be guilty of a misde-
meanor, and upon conviction thereof, fined not less than
Fifty Dollars ($50. 00) nor more than Five Hundred Dollars
($500. 00) or be imprisoned in the House of Correction for a
period not less than one month nor more than six months, or
both, in the discretion of the Court; and in addition thereto
any boat, dredge or other device used in connection with the
violation of the provisions of said section may be by the Court
hearing the case involving such violations, declared forfeited
to the State of Maryland and delivered to the Department of
Tidewater Fisheries for such disposition thereof as may, in
the opinion of said Department, be most advantageous to the
State; and in addition thereto the dredging license which has
been issued in connection with the operation of any such boat
may be declared by said Court suspended or revoked.

(d) Dredging in County Waters. Any person violating any
of the provisions of Sec. 7 shall be guilty of a misdemeanor
and subject to the penalties provided for the violations of
Sec. 6.