SEC. 20. And be it enacted, That Justices of the
Peace for Harford, Kent, and for Cecil county, and
the Circuit Courts of said counties, shall have con-
current jurisdiction in all cases that may arise under
the provisions of tills Act; and any person or per-
sons arrested on the waters of the Chesapeake Bay,
northward of the line named and described in the
first sectioir of this Act, for a violation of any of its
provisions, may be conveyed to cither Harford, Kent
or Cecil county for trial, and there tried before the
proper tribunal.
SEC. 21. And be it enacted, That no person, holding
a license to gun for or after wild water-fowl, shall be
allowed to anchor or otherwise make stationary any
sink-box, sneak-boat, or any other vessel or craft, on
the waters lying northward of the line named in sec-
tion one of this Act, on any Tuesday, Thursday,
Saturday or Sunday, during the gunning season for
wild water-fowl as fixed by this Act; and any person
violating this section shall be fined not less than
twenty-five nor more than fifty dollars, to be recov-
ered before a Justice of the Peace as debts of like
amount are recoverable, one-half thereof to be paid
to the officer making the arrest, and the other half
to those assisting in making the arrest.
. SEC. 22. And be it enacted. That the Commander
of the State Police Force shall have, and is hereby
invested with concurrent jurisdiction and authority
with the Board of Special Police, appointed by the
sixteenth section of this Act, to arrest without war-
rant for any violation of this law.
SEC. 23. Awl be it enacted. That this Act shall
take effect and be in operation from the date of
its passage, and all laws or parts of laws relating
to killing or shooting at wild-fowl, northward of the
line named and described in section one of this Act,
inconsistent herewith, are hereby repealed.
Approved March 1, 1872.
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Concurrent
jurisdiction.
Prohibition.
Penalty.
State Police.
In force.
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