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LAWS OF, MARYLAND.— 1829,

river,) any drag, or rake, or tongs, with more than six teeth,
prongs, or nails, on either side ; or |o take up, or appropriate to
his or their use, any oyster bar, within the waters of this state ;

Penalty for
violating
certain
sections.

and the person or persons who may be detected in violating the
fifth, sixth, seventh, eighth, ninth, and tenth sections of this
act, shall be subject to the penalty provided for ia the fifth
section of this act.
Modified by 1830, ch. 58.

Penalty for
taking
oysters
without
permission,

SEC. 11. And be it enacted, That if any person shall catch
or take any oysters or shell fish within the limits or adopted
depot of any citizen of this state, as described by this act, with-
out permission first had and obtained from the proprietor of such
depot, every person so offending shall be deemed guilty of a
misdemeanor; and if such offender be a free person, on convic-
tion thereof, shall be adjudged to be fined not exceeding fifty
dollars, or imprisoned, or both, in the discretion of the court
before which any such person shall be tried and convicted ; and
if such offender be a slave, on conviction thereof before a single
justice of the peace, such offender shall be by such justice ad-
judged to suffer such punishment of whipping, not exceeding
forty lashes, as said justice shall think fit.

CHAPTER 90.
AN ACT to provide for the Collection of the Public Revenue.
Supplement, 1831, ch. 68.

Authority
to appoint
attorneys.

SEC. 1. Be it enacted, by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That it shall be the duty of the attorney-general, on the appli-
cation of the treasurer of either shore, to appoint a suitable
attorney at law, in any county wherein he has no resident de-
puty, to conduct on behalf of the state, any suit or suits now
pending, or which may hereafter be directed by such treasurer,
as herein after provided.

Treasurer
required to
direct suits.

SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That it shall be the duty of the
treasurers for their respective shores, to causa to be put in suit
by the said deputy, or such other attorney as may be employed
as aforesaid, any pecuniary right or credit of the state, which
the debtor, or debtors, shall have withheld three months or
more.

Courts re-
quired to
render
judgment.

SEC. 3. And be it enacted, That when the account of any
debtor, stated and signed by the treasurer, shall have been filed
in the office of the clerk of the county wherein such debtor
resides, and ten days' notice in writing, of the intended motion,
signed on behalf of the state, by the deputy of the attorney-
general, or such attorney as may be employed as aforesaid,
shall have been delivered to such debtor, or left at his place of
abode, and proof thereof shall be made to the satisfaction of the