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limits of Virginia, or that part of the said bay where the line of
division from the south point of Patowmack river (now called
Smith's Point) to Watkins' Point, near the mouth of Pocomoke
river, may be doubtful, and on that part of Pocomoke river
within the limits of Virginia, or where the line of division
between the two states upon the said river is doubtful, by any
persons not citizens of the commonwealth of Virginia, against
the citizens of Maryland, shall be tried in the court of the state
of Maryland which hath legal cognizance of such offences.
And all piracies, crimes and offences, committed on the before-
mentioned parts of Chesapeake bay and Pocomoke river, by any
persons not citizens of Maryland, against any citizen of Vir-
ginia, shall be tried in the court of the commonwealth of Vir-
ginia which hath legal cognizance of such offences. All pira-
cies, crimes and offences, committed on the said parts of Chesa-
peake bay, and Pocomoke river, by persons not citizens of either
state, against persons not citizens of either state, shall be tried
in the court of the commonwealth of Virginia having legal cog-
nizance of such offences. And all piracies, crimes and offences,
committed on the said parts of Chesapeake bay and Pocomoke
river, by any citizen of the commonwealth of Virginia, or of the
state of Maryland, either against the other, shall be tried in the
court of that state of which the offender is a citizen. The juris-
diction of each state over the river Patowmack shall be exer-
cised in the same manner as is prescribed for the before-men-
tioned parts of Chesapeake bay and Pocomoke river in every
respect, except in the case of piracies, crimes and offences, com-
mitted by persons not citizens of either state, upon persons not
citizens of either state, in which case the offenders shall be tried
by the court of the state to which they shall first be brought ;
and if the inhabitants of either state shall commit any violence,
injury or trespass, to or upon the property or lands of the other,
adjacent to the said bay or rivers, or to any person upon such
lands, upon proof of due notice to the offender to appear and an-
swer, any court of record, or civil magistrate, of the state where
the offence shall have been committed, having jurisdiction there-
of, may enter the appearance of such person, and proceed to trial
and judgment in the same manner as if legal process had been
served on such offender ; and such judgment shall be valid
and effectual against the person and property of such offender,
both in the state where the offender shall have been committed,
and also in the state where the said offender may reside, and
execution may be issued by the court, or magistrate, giving
such judgment, in the same manner as upon judgments given
in other cases; or upon a transcript of such judgment properly
authenticated being produced to any court or magistrate of
the state where such offender may reside, having jurisdiction
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