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858 LAWS OF MARYLAND.
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CHAPTER 442.
AN ACT to prevent the hauling of any seine or
seines over one hundred fathoms in length in
Sinepuxent Bay, or any of the bays or their trib-
utaries on the eastern side of Worcester County,
above George's Island Landing.
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Fine.
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SECTION 1 . Be it enacted by the General Assembly
of Maryland, That if any person or persons shall
haul or fish with any seine or seines in Sinepuxent
Bay or its tributaries, or in any of the bays or
their tributaries on the eastern side of Worcester
County, above what is known as George's Island
Landing, on Parker's Bay, he or they shall be
fined in a sum not exceeding one hundred dollars
for the first offence, and two hundred dollars for
every subsequent offence, with all costs and charges
accruing in the prosecution of such offender or
offenders.
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Length of
seine.
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Sec. 2. And be it enacted, That no gill net, set-
seine or other contrivance for catching fish (other-
wise than a hauling seine) in any of the waters
aforesaid shall exceed in length or extent seventy-
five fathoms, and any person or persons so offend-
ing shall forfeit and pay one hundred dollars, and
for every subsequent offence, shall forfeit and pay
two hundred dollars, together with all costs and
charges in the prosecution of such offender or
offenders.
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Heard before
Justice of the
Peace.
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Sec. 3. And be it enacted, That the offences
named or contemplated by this Act may be heard
by any Justice of the Peace of this State, before
whom the offending party or parties may be
brought, or any Justice of the Peace of this State
who, upon information shall issue a warrant for
the apprehension of any such offender or offenders ;
the said Justice, upon hearing proof, may either
discharge the accused or cause him or them to
enter into recognizance, with, sureties, in double
the amount of the penalty, for any violation of the
provisions of this Act, to appear at the then session
or the; next term of the Circuit Court for Worces-
ter County, to answer for the offence and to satisfy
the judgment which may be rendered against him
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