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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

CHAPTER 496.

AN ACT to pay Alexander H. Seth, a justice of the

peace of the State of Maryland, in and for Talbot

county, the sum of two hundred dollars as fees in

certain cases.

WHEREAS, information upon oath was given to

Alexander H. Seth, Esq., a justice of the peace of

the State of Maryland, in and for Talbot county,

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charging certain oyster dredging vessels, their own-
ers, masters and crew, with violating the sixteenth

section of chapter three hundred and sixty-four, of

the Laws of Maryland, of eighteen hundred and

seventy, by unlawfully dredging for oysters in Eas-

tern Bay, inside of a line drawn from the south-west

extremity of Kent Point to north-east extremity of

Poplar Island, and in St. Michaels River, during the

months of February, March, and April, eighteen

hundred and seventy-three; and

WHEREAS, the said Alexander H. Seth, as said

justice of the peace was compelled to and did issue

warrants for the arrest of the said vessels, their own-

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ers, masters and crew, under and by virtue of the

thirteenth section of said act, to the number of one

hundred and eighty, and placed them in the hands

of the Commander of the State Fishing Force for

service; and

WHEREAS, the said Commander of the said State

Fishing Force was subsequently instructed that he

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had no legal authority to serve said warrants under

and by virtue of said thirteenth section of said act ;

and

WHEREAS, the officers and other persons clothed

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with authority by the said thirteenth section of said

act, to serve said warrants, were without the neces-

sary physical force to serve them ; and

WHEREAS, the suits docketed by the said justice of

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the peace to the number of one hundred and eighty

by virtue of the said warrants, against the said ves-

sels, their owners, masters, and crew, had to be dis-