FISH AND FISHERIES. 1435

An. Code, sec. 33. 1904, sec. 34. 1888, sec. 34. 1888, ch. 332, sec. 6. 1914, ch. 462, sec. 33.

34. Upon information given upon oath or affirmation to any Justice
of the Peace in and for the County where the offense is committed for
violation of any of the provisions of the four preceding Sections, the Jus-
tice of the Peace shall issue his warrant for the arrest of the person or
persons so violating the law, and shall order the seizure of all boats, nets,
seines or tackle used in such violation, and after a preliminary hearing,
if he shall deem the offense sufficiently proven, he shall hold the offender
or offenders to bail for his appearance before the Grand Jury of the
County at its next ensuing term, and upon indictment and conviction the
offender shall be sentenced to the House of Correction for a term not less
than three months nor more than one year, or be fined in the discretion
of the Court not less than $50, nor more than $100, and the boats, seines,
nets and other tackle shall be forfeited or shall be released upon payment
of not less than fifty dollars nor more than two hundred dollars and costs
and expenses for each and every violation of Sections 30-36 and 133, and
the money arising from said fines and forfeitures shall be paid one-half
to the informer and one-half to the proper County authorities wherein the
case is tried to be divided equally among the schools and roads in said
County.

An. Code, sec. 34. 1904, sec. 35. 1888, sec. 35. 1888, ch. 332, sec. 7. 1914, ch. 462, sec. 34.

35. And upon any conviction the sale of any net or nets, device or
devices forfeited properly hereinbefore mentioned shall be made by the
Sheriff of the County where the offense is committed after at least ten days'
notice by hand bills and the said Sheriff shall be allowed the same fees as
are allowed in cases of sales of personal property, under execution in the
County where the offense is committed.

An. Code, sec. 35. 1908, ch. 293. 1910, ch. 208 (p. 139). 1914, ch. 462, sec. 35.

36. It shall be the duty of the Commander of the State Fishery Force
of the State of Maryland to command the Deputies under his charge to
see that the provisions of Sections 30, 31, 32 and 33 of this Article are
not violated, and to arrest all persons violating any of the provisions of
said Section and to take the offender or offenders to the nearest or most
accessible Justice of the Peace of the County in which the offense is com-
mitted for a preliminary hearing and upon being held said offender or
offenders shall in default of bail be held for the action of the next Grand
Jury of the County where the offense is committed, and shall also seize
said net or nets or device or devices, boats or boats and tackle, if any, and
deliver same to said Justice of the Peace, and the deputy or deputies mak-
ing the arrest shall upon conviction of the person or persons so arrested be
entitled to the informers' fee provided for in Section 34 of this Article.