1604 OYSTERS. [ART. 73

1906, ch. 711, sec. 113.

115. Any person who shall wilfully and without authority take or
remove oysters from any land leased under the provisions of this sub-
title, or shall wilfully injure or interfere with the oysters of such land
in any manner, or injure the oysters thereupon situated, or remove,
alter or interfere with the stakes, buoys or monuments marking the
same, shall, upon conviction thereof, for the first offense, be sentenced
to imprisonment in jail or in the penitentiary, in the discretion of the
court, for not less than three months and not more than two years, and
for the second, or any subsequent offense, be sentenced to imprisonment
in the penitentiary for not less than two years and not more than five
years.

1906, ch. 711, sec. 114.

116. Any person who shall work a dredge, scrape or pair of tongs,
or any other implement for the taking of oysters upon any land leased
under the provisions of this sub-title, without the consent of the lessee
or owner, or who shall, while upon or sailing over any such ground, or
bed, cast, haul, or have overboard any such dredge, scrape or pair of
tongs or other implement for the taking of oysters, under any pretense,
or for any purpose whatever, without the consent of such lessee or
owner, upon conviction thereof, shall, for the first offense, be fined not
less than fifty dollars, nor more than two hundred and fifty dollars, or,
in the discretion of the court, be imprisoned in jail or in the peniten-
tiary for not less than three months, nor more than one year, or shall
be both so fined and imprisoned, and for the second or any subsequent
offense shall be sentenced to imprisonment in the penitentiary for not
less than two years nor more than five years.

1906, ch. 711, sec. 115.

117. Any person who shall make his boat fast to a State buoy or
remove the same, or in any manner interfere therewith, the same shall,
in the discretion of the court, upon conviction thereof, be sentenced to
the penitentiary for a term of not less than one year or more than two
years.

1906, ch. 711, sec. 116.

118. In addition to other penalties herein provided, any person
convicted of a violation of this sub-title under either of the three
preceding sections shall be and is hereby denied the right to take out
any license to dredge, scrape or tong for oysters in any of the waters
of this State for the period of three years after said conviction.

1906. ch. 711, sec. 117.

119. It shall be the duty of all officers and members of the state
fishery force to arrest persons violating this sub-title, and to patrol such
waters of the Chesapeake bay and its tributaries as they may be directed