FISH AND FISHERIES. 1443

An. Code, sec. 59C. 1912, ch. 4.

64. All offenses committed against the provisions of sections 61-62
and 64-67 by persons not citizens and residents of either State may be
punished by any of the magistrates or courts of either State having crimi-
nal jurisdiction; all offenses committed against the provisions of said sec-
tions by citizens of either State, shall be punished by any of the magis-
trates or Courts of the State of which he is a citizen having criminal
jurisdiction.

The authorities of either State shall have the right to examine into the
right of any person taking fish, oysters or crabs in the Potomac River, or
having same in his possession; and any person taking fish, oysters or crabs
in the Potomac River or having same in his possession shall exhibit his
authority for so doing whenever required by the police or other legal au-
thority of either State. The legal authorities of either State shall have
the right to arrest any such offender, and, if necessary in order to arrest,
shall pursue such offender beyond the boundary line of either State upon
navigable waters, and arrest such offender whenever found upon such
waters.

This section is a duplicate of art. 72; sec. 76.

An. Code, sec. 59D. 1912, ch. 4.

65. Any person violating sections 61-67, where not otherwise pro-
vided, shall, upon conviction thereof, be fined not less than twenty-five
dollars nor more than three hundred dollars; and where forfeiture of boat,
vessel, net or other equipment is provided for in sections 61-62 and 64-67
the said boat, vessel, net or other equipment shall be sold at public .auction
by the sheriff of the county for cash after ten days' notice; in ease of
appeal, the appellant shall remain in custody, and the boat, vessel, net or
other equipment shall be sold as above provided, unless recognizance be
entered into for double the amount of the fine and double the value of said
boat, vessel, net or other equipment, conditioned on the performance of
the final judgment of the Court. Upon such recognizance being given, the
party convicted and the aforesaid property shall be discharged.
This section is a duplicate of art. 72, sec. 77.

An. Code, sec. 59E. 1912, ch. 4.

66. If any oyster inspector or other officer empowered with the duties
of enforcing the provisions of sections 61-62 and 64-67, knowingly fail
to report violations of the same or to perform any of the duties herein
required of him, he shall, for every such offense, be liable to a fine of one
hundred dollars, to be applied to the oyster fund of his State.
This section is a duplicate of art. 72, sec. 78.

An. Code, sec. 59F. 1912, ch. 4.

67. Nothing in sections 61-62 and 64-67 shall be construed in any
way to impair, alter or abridge any rights which either State, or the citi-
zens thereof, may be entitled to, either by, through, under or against the
compact entered into between the States of Maryland and Virginia on
March 28th, 1785.

This section is the same as art. 72, sec. 79.