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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

river, who shall exhibit their authority for so doing whenever

required by the police or other legal authority of either State ;

Pursuing of-

the legal authorities of either State shall have the right to arrest

fenders.

any offender against said sections in the Potomac river and to

pursue such offender beyond the boundary line of either State

upon navigable waters, and arrest him whenever found upon

such waters; and in all cases of arrest the offender may be tried

before such justice of the peace or court having criminal juris-

diction which shall be convenient.

New sections.

SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That three new sections be added

to Article 72 of the Code of Public General Laws of Mary-

land to be known as Sections 8A, 55A and 55B to follow Sec-

tions 8 and 55 respectively, and to read as follows :

Not to apply
to certain

8A. The provisions of Sections 7 and 8 of this Article shall

waters.

not apply to any of the waters of the Potomac river above a

line drawn from Cobb's Point Bar, on the Maryland side, to

Colonial Beach, on the Virginia side, but the taking of oysters

in such waters shall be regulated by Section 55A of this Article.

55A. It shall be lawful between October 1 of any year to

June 1 of the year following, to take oysters of any size for the

To take oys-
ters for plant-
ing purposes.

purpose of planting in the waters of Maryland or Virginia in
the waters of the Potomac river above a line drawn from

Cobb's Point Bar, on the Maryland side, to Colonial Beach,

on the Virginia side, but it shall be unlawful to take oysters

in such waters for any other purpose or at any other time than

is herein set forth, and any person taking oysters for any other

purpose or having them in his possession or exposing them

for sale for any purpose but that herein set forth, shall be

deemed guilty of an offense, and shall be punished by the im-

position of the penalties set out in Section 55B.

55B. Any person found guilty of violating any of the pro-

Relating to
culling.

visions of this Article relating to culling or of violating the

preceding section, and who shall have committed such offense

upon the waters of the Potomac river, shall not be subject

to the penalties prescribed by Section 9 of the Article, but in

lieu thereof shall be fined not less than twenty-five dollars nor

more than five hundred dollars, and shall in addition be ad-

judged to have the cargo of oysters found not to be within

the requirements of this Article relating to culling confiscated

and placed back upon the bottoms from which they were taken.

It shall be the duty of the inspector or other officer to have

such oysters placed upon the said bottoms.