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LAWS OF MARYLAND.
this Act, shall, after paying the expenses of the seizure,.
condemnation and sale, be divided one-fourth to the
Sheriff" or Constable making the seizure, one-fourth
to those aiding in making the arrest and seizure, and
in case the arrest and seizure is made without the
aid of an officer, then one half to those making the
arrest and seizure, and in all cases one-half to the
County Commissioners of Charles county, to be ex-
pended in repairing the public roads of said county,
and in default of the payment of such fine and costs
of arrest and prosecution, the person or persons con-
victed of the violation of any of the provisions of tins
Act, shall be committed to the county jail for thirty
days, unless such fine and costs be sooner paid.
SEC. 9. Be it enacted, That any person who shall'
attempt to violate any of the provisions of this Act,
shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and on conviction
thereof, shall be dealt with and punished as if he had
violated said Act; and the finding of any non-
resident of the county upon any of the tributaries of
the Potomac River, lying wholly or in part in Charles
county, (save as herein excepted) having in his pos-
session any seine, net, tackle or other contrivance,
generally used in taking terrapins, or in hauling
seines for fish, shall be prima facie evidence of such
attempt by such person.
SEC. 10. And be it enacted. That nothing contained
in this Act, or in the [the] Act passed January
session, eighteen hundred and seventy, chapter sixty-
one, shall be construed to prohibit the citizens of
Charles and St. Mary's counties having a common
right to fish in that inlet or tributary of the Potomac
River, commonly called Wicomico River, save as
may conflict with section one of this Act, where
shores are distinctly marked and designated as therein
required.
SEC. 11. And be it enacted, That this Act shall take
effect from the date of its passage.
Approved April 1, 1872.
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