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Other than the citizens of the county prohibited from taking oysters

—1829, ch. 87, sec. 6, ........

979

Proprietors may join depots of, not exceeding two acres each, provid-

ing the hauling of seines shall not be thereby obstructed, &c. —

1829, ch. 87, sec. 7, .........

979

Proprietor into whose lands any creek, inlet, &c. may make, not ex-

ceeding one hundred yards wide at its mouth entitled to the exclu-

sive rights to use the same, provided the navigation is not obstruct-

ed— -1829, ch. 87, sec. 8, ........

979

The right to form beds, or otherwise deposite oysters, &c. within the

waters of this state, except as herein before excepted, shall be com-

mon to all the citizens of this state— 1829, ch. 87, sec. 9, .

979

Penalty of $50 for using any drag, rake or tongs, with more than six

teeth on either aide, in taking oysters, &c. except in the Chesa-

peake bay and Potomac river — 1829, ch. 87, sec. 10, .

979

Penalty for taking, &c. within the limits or adopted depot, &c. if the

offender be free, $50 fine, or imprisonment, or both, at the discre-

tion of the court ; if a slave, not exceeding forty lashes, at the dis-

cretion of a single justice of the peace — 1829, ch. 87, sec. 11,

980

An act for the protection of, on the eastern shore of this state — 1831,

ch. 249, ...........

1026

Part of the 10th section of the act of 1829, ch. 87, relative to, repealed

—1830, ch. 58, ..........

999

For the preservation of fish, oysters and terrapins, in Wye river — 1834,

ch. 311, ...........

1190

Authority granted to all officers, civil and military, to carry into effect

the provisions of the act of 1834, ch. 254, and of this act — 1837,

ch. 310, sec. 1, ..........

1263

Taking oysters forbid, unless the party shall be a resident of the

county— 1837, ch. 310, sec. 2, .......

1263

Penalty and forfeiture for violating this act — 1837, ch. 310, sec. 3,

1263

Persons, other than residents, forbid to catch oysters in any of the

waters of this state, within five hundred yards of the shore — 1837,

ch. 310, sec. 4, ..........

1263

All civil and military officers to have the powers heretofore given to

sheriffs— 1837, ch. 310, sec. 5, ... .

1261

The proceeds of fines and forfeitures, after the payment of prosecution,

to be paid, one-fourth to the officer making the arrest, and the ba-

lance among those who aided — 1837, ch. 319, ....

1264

PARDONS.

The governor may grant reprieves and pardons for any crime except

in such cases where the law shall otherwise direct — Const, art. 33.

The governor empowered to grant to any offender capitally convicted

a pardon on condition — Nov. 1787, ch. 17, sec. 2, ...

248

If a slave, and the condition be his leaving the state, the governor may

direct the sheriff to contract for the transportation of such slave

agreeably to the condition — 1787 ch. 17, sec. 3, .

248