JAS. BLACK GROOME, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR. 821

CHAPTER 502.
AN ACT to pay George E. Haddaway, a justice of
the peace of the State of Maryland, in and for
Talbot county, the sum of two hundred and fifty
dollars, as fees in certain cases.
WHEREAS, information upon oath was given to
George E. Haddaway, a justice of the peace of the	Preamble
State of Maryland, in and for Talbot county, charging
certain oyster dredging vessels, their owners, mas-
ters 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 Eastern Bay, in-
side of a line drawn from the southwest extremity
of Kent Point to northeast extremity of Poplar
Island, and in St. Michael's River, during the months
of February, March and April, eighteen hundred
and seventy-three ; and —
WHEREAS, the said George E. Haddaway, as said
justice of the peace, was compelled to, and did issue	Preamble.
warrants for the arrest of the said vessels, their
owners, masters and crew, to the number of two
hundred and ninety-one, under and by virtue of the
thirteenth section of said act, and placed them in the
hands of the Commander of the State Fishery Force
for service ; and
WHEREAS, the said Commander of the said State
Fishery Force was subsequently instructed that he	Preamble.
had no legal authority to serve said warrants, under
and by virtue of the said thirteenth section of said act ;
and —
WHEREAS, the officers and other persons clothed	Preamble
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 in the name of the
State by the said justice of the peace, by virtue of the	Preamble.
said warrants, to the number of two hundred and
ninety-one, against the said vessels, their owners, mas-
ters and crew, had to be dismissed, only because the
said warrants could not be served ; and —