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LAWS OF MARYLAND.— 1820.

court, if upon all the circumstances of the case the court shall
adjudge that there is good cause to believe that such master or
skipper is about to violate the provisions of this act, by trans-
porting oysters out of this state, the said court shall require of
such master or skipper to enter into recognisance, with suf-
ficient security, in a sum not exceeding one hundred dollars,
upon condition, that such master or skipper shall not, within
one year thereafter, be guilty of the violations of this act.

Penalty on
persons not
residents
putting
oysters on
board any
vessel, &c.

SEC. 5. And be it enacted, That no person who has not pre-
viously resided twelve months in this state, shall gather or
catch oysters in any of the bays, rivers, creeks or waters of this
state, and put them on board of any canoe, boat, scow, flat, or
other vessel, not wholly belonging to and owned by some per-
son or persons who hath or have resided twelve months in this
state, previously to such oysters being so put on board of such
canoe; boat, scow, flat or vessel, under the penalty of forfeiting
such canoe, boat, scow, flat or vessel, together with all the oys-
ters, oyster tongs, tackle, furniture and apparel, in and belong-
ing to the same.
See 1837, ch. 310, sec. 2.

Person
seizing such
vessel to
give infor-
mation
thereof.

SEC. 6. And be it enacted, That any person who shall seize
and secure any such canoe, flat, scow, boat, or other vessel
aforesaid, shall immediately thereafter give information thereof
to any one justice of the peace of either of the counties conti-
guous to such bays, rivers, creeks or waters, where such seizure
shall have been made, who is hereby empowered and required
to meet at such time and place as he shall appoint for the trial
thereof, and the same, if condemned, shall, with all things
thereunto belonging, be sold by the order and under the direc-
tion of the said justice, who after deducting all legal costs and
charges, shall pay one moiety of the proceeds to the collector
of the said county, for the use of the county, and the other
moiety to the person who seized and prosecuted the same.
See 1837, ch. 310.

Penalty for
resisting
officers.

SEC. 7. And be it enacted, That if any person or persons on
board of any such canoe, scow, boat, flat, or other vessel afore-
said, shall refuse and not suffer to enter, or resist, before or after
entering, any officer or officers, or otherwise resist them, or any
of them, in the execution of their office, then every person so
offending, shall forfeit and pay fifty dollars, to be recovered with
costs, by action of debt by such officer in any of the county
courts of the respective counties pf this state, the one moiety to
the use of such prosecutor, and the other moiety to the collector
of the county where the offence was committed, for the use of

Proviso.

such county ; Provided always, that nothing in this act con-
tained shall prevent the taking and transporting of oysters as
heretofore from the waters of the Potomac and Ppcomoke,
where those rivers are common territory to the states of Mary-