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than twenty dollars, and be committed to jail until the fine and costs are
paid.

1904, art. 27, sec. 376. 1888, art. 27, sec. 239. 1860, art. 30, sec. 168. 1824, ch. 53,

sec. 2. 1849, ch. 195.

428. All fines imposed and collected under this sub-title for disturb-
ing religious meetings shall be paid to the county, and nothing in the
four preceding sections shall prevent the courts of record from exercis-
ing their common law jurisdiction in all cases for disturbing public
worship. And the party convicted under any of the preceding sections
relating to religious meetings shall have the right to appeal to the next
circuit court for the county where the conviction is had upon giving
bail for his appearance at court, and upon such appeal shall be entitled
to a trial by jury.

Rivers.

Ibid. sec. 377. 1888, art. 27. sec. 240. 1860, art. 30, sec. 170. 1734, ch. 16,
sec. 2. 1747, ch. 13. 1774, ch. 18. 1870, ch. 44. 1872, ch. 58

429. If any ballast, ashes, filth, earth, soil, oysters or oyster shells
be taken, unladen or cast out of any ship, steamboat, scow, pungy or
other vessel on any pretense whatever in Chesapeake bay above "Sandy
Point" or in the waters of Herring bay or in any river, creek or harbor
within this -State below high water mark, the master or other person
having charge or command of such ship, steamboat, scow or other vessel
shall, upon conviction thereof before any justice of the peace of this
State, be fined not less than twenty dollars nor more than one hundred
and fifty dollars, one-half of which amount shall be paid to the informer
and the other half to the State; but any one convicted of violating the
provisions of this section shall be entitled to appeal to the circuit court
for the county in which he was convicted, or to the Baltimore city court
if the offense was committed in the city of Baltimore; this section shall
not, however, be construed to apply to the improvement of harbors or
to affect any existing act of assembly relating to the construction of
wharves or to the rights of riparian proprietors.

Ibid. sec. 378. 1888, art. 27, sec. 241. 1872, ch. 58.

430. The commanding officer of the State fishery force is required
and directed to enforce the provisions of the preceding section.

Ibid. sec. 379. 1888, art. 27, sec. 242. 1874, ch. 355.

431. If any person shall place, cast or throw into the Potomac river,
at any point above the canal dam, near the mouth of Wills' creek, any
dead body or carcass of any dog, horse, cow, hog, cat or other animal
whatsoever, or shall drown therein any animal whatsoever, or shall
place, cast or throw therein any substance whatsoever, calculated to
render the waters of said river impure or unfit for use, he shall forfeit
and pay a sum of not less than twenty dollars nor more than one hun-
dred dollars, one-half to the informer and the other half to the State, to