ART. 39] PROHIBITIONS AND PENALTIES. 1031

any of the waters of this State, or in the waters bordering on said beach,
shore or land where the waters is less than twelve inches in depth, except
that in the waters of the Chesapeake bay, above Poole's island, seines
or nets may be landed upon the shore, or upon the flats; and no person
shall at any time so empty any such seine or net as to leave to perish
upon the beach, shore or land or upon any boat or float, any white or
yellow perch of any size less than seven inches in length, or any rock
fish, or striped bass, leas than ten inches in length, or any tailor of any
size less than eight inches in length, or any pike of any size less than
fourteen inches in length, measuring in each case for each one of said
fish from the tip of the nose to the end of the caudal fin or tail, or any
sturgeon weighing less than twenty pounds or any rock weighing over
twenty pounds, in spawning season of April, May and June; but every
person so using any seine or net of any description, or hook and line,
shall immediately cull over and return to waters where the same is not
less than twelve inches deep, all of the aforesaid fish therein captured
of any size than the aforesaid lengths, or any sturgeon weighing leas
than twenty pounds; provided further, that nothing in this section con-
tained shall prevent any one from capturing and destroying in any
manner, save only by the way prohibited by section 82, any German
carp, or leather carp, or any carp of any description whatsoever, of any
size.

1904, art. 39, sec. 84. 1902, ch. 358, sec. 78 H. 1906, ch. 161.

84. All justices of the peace of this State in and for the city or
county wherein the offense shall be committed shall have jurisdiction to
hear and determine all prosecutions for the purpose of enforcing fines
and penalties collectible under the provisions of sections 78 to 86, and
all such fines and penalties are hereby expressly made subject to the
provisions of section 8 of chapter 293 of the acts of the general assem-
bly of Maryland, passed at the session of 1896; and in all cases where
such prosecutions are begun or instituted by any person other than the
State game warden, or one of his deputy game wardens of this State,
and shall result in the collection of a fine or fines, then one-half of such
fine or fines, after the proper court costs, or costs of the magistrate in
convicting the offender shall have been paid, shall be paid to the
informer, and the other half to the school fund of the city or county in
which said prosecution is conducted. It shall be unlawful for any per-
son or persons in any manner to throw or cause to be thrown any slab
of timber or other substance across or into any stream, under a penalty
of two dollars ($2) for each fish so caught, taken or killed.

Ibid...sec. 85. 1902, ch. 358, sec. 78 c. 1906, ch. 161.
1910, ch. 255 (p. 136).

85. No person shall, in this State, sell or expose for sale, or buy any
white perch, yellow perch, rock or striped bass, tailor or pike under size
mentioned in section 83, or any sturgeon under weight as limited in
said section, where the fish so offered for sale, or bought, contain over