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five hundred dollars, for his or their appearance at

the first term of the Circuit Court thereafter, and in

default thereof, may commit the said party to jail.

Fines

SEC. 10. And be it enacted, That the fines accruing

under this article shall be paid by the sheriff, con-

stable or officer of the State Fishery Force, collecting

the same within ten days, to the clerk of the county

or city where such fine may accrue, and such clerk

shall account for the same to the Comptroller of the

Treasury in his next quarterly return.

SEC. 11. And be it enacted, That any boat, owned

Condemned

wholly or in part by any non-resident, used in catch-

ing oysters in this State, with scoop, dredge or

similar instrument, shall be condemned by order of

any Judge of the Circuit Court nearest the place of

her capture, or if captured in Baltimore, by order

of the Judge of the City Court, and shall be sold by

the sheriff of the county where condemned, to the

highest bidder for cash, after twenty dayg notice

of the time and place of sale, such notice to be pub-

lished at least three times in a newspaper having the

Proceeds of sale

largest circulation, printed in Baltimore city, or in
the county where condemned; one-fourth of the

proceeds of such sale shall be paid to the party

making the capture, except the officers of the fishery

force, and the balance shall be paid into the Treasury

of the State.

SEC. 12. And be it enacted, That any person who

Guilty of a

shall, without authority from the owner, catch oys-

felony

ters planted or bedded, shall be deemed guilty of a

felony, and on conviction in the Circuit Court of the

county wherein the oysters were bedded, shall be

sentenced to the penitentiary for a term not exceed-

ing three years.

SEC. 13. And be it enacted, That it shall be unlawful

Unlawful

for any person to catch oysters, except for private

use, or for the purpose of replanting or bedding in

the waters of this State, or for sale to the citizens of

of the county wherein they are caught, or the county

next adjoining, between the first day of May and the

first day of September, in each and every year ; any

person violating this section shall be deemed guilty

of a misdemeanor, and fined by a justice of the