1116 ARTICLE 27.

preceding sections shall prevent the courts of record from exercising their
common law jurisdiction in all cases for disturbing public worship. And
the party convicted under any of the preceding sections relating to re-
ligious 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.

An. Code, sec. 429. 1904, sec. 377. 1888, sec. 240. 1734, ch. 16, sec. 2. 1747, ch. 13.
1774, ch. 18. 1870, ch. 44. 1872, ch. 58.

476. 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 con-
viction 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 assem-
bly relating to the construction of wharves or to the rights of riparian
proprietors.

An. Code, sec. 430. 1904, sec. 378. 1888, sec. 241. 1872, ch. 58.

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

An. Code, sec. 431. 1904, sec. 379. 1888, sec. 242. 1874, ch. 355.

478. 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 whatso-
ever, 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 hundred dollars, one-half to
the informer and the other half to the State, to be recovered by action of
debt or indictment in the county wherein the offense was committed.

An. Code, sec. 432. 1904, sec. 380. 1888, sec. 243. 1734, ch. 16, sec. 3.

479. No person shall build any weir or hedge across any river, creek
or branch below any public landing place, so as to prejudice or dam up the
channel, or to obstruct the passage of boats, on pain of forfeiting twenty-
five dollars, to be recovered in the proper court by action of debt or by
indictment.