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1020 FISH AND FISHERIES.

shall be deemed guilty of larceny, and on conviction thereof in the
circuit court for the county in which such larceny was committed,
shall pay to the owner the full value thereof, and be sentenced to the
penitentiary for not less than one year nor more than five years.

Rivers in Talbot, Dorchester and Caroline Counties.

1004, art. 39. sec. 60. 1888, art. 39, sec. 61. 1860, art 41, sec. 24. 1843, ch. 142,

sec. 1. 1852, ch. 240.

60. No person shall take or catch fish in the waters of Talbot,
Dorchester or Caroline counties, except the citizens of said counties,
and except such residents of this State as may obtain the permission of
the owner or occupier of land bordering on any of the said waters;
provided, that any person so obtaining permission shall not employ
in his service any other than a bona fide resident of this State.

Ibid. sec. 61. 1888, art. 39, sec. 62. 1860, art. 41, sec. 25.
1843. ch. 142, sec. 2.

61. Any person violating the preceding section shall pay a fine of
not less than five nor more than fifty dollars, and forfeit the boat or
vessel in his possession, together with the seine, tackle and all things
on board at the time the offense may be committed

Wye River, and the Rivers in Queen Anne's and Kent Counties.

Ibid. sec. 62. 1888, art. 39, sec. 63. 1860, art. 41, sec. 26. 1834, ch. 311.

1835, ch. 337.

62. If any person shall haul a seine in Wye river, or any of the
rivers of Queen Anne's or Kent counties, without the permission of
the owner or occupant of the shore where such seine may be hauled,
such owner or occupant may seize by way of distress the seine, boat,
tackle and every thing on board the boat, and may have the damages
sustained by him by reason of such hauling of a seine ascertained by
a justice of the peace or by three citizens to be summoned and sworn
by a justice of the peace; and when the damages are so ascertained the
owner or occupant of such shore may have the seine, boat and articles
so distrained appraised and sold to pay such damages.

Fines, Penalties and Forfeitures.

Ibid. sec. 63. 1888, art. 39, sec. 64. 1860, art. 41, sec. 27. 1777, ch. 6.
1810, ch. 36. 1820, ch. 199, sec. 4. 1841, ch. 326, sec. 5.

63. All fines and penalties imposed by the preceding sections of
this article, if they do not exceed one hundred dollars, may be recovered
by action of debt in the name of the State before a justice of the peace,
and if over one hundred dollars, by indictment in the circuit court for
the county where the offense is committed.

Ibid. sec. 64. 1888, art. 39, sec. 65. 1860, art. 41, sec. 28. 1820, ch. 199,
sec. 4. 1841, ch. 326, sec. 5.

64. If the name of the offender be unknown, he may be arrested on
a warrant describing him as the person committing the offense, with-
out stating his name in the warrant.

 

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