OYSTERS. 2263

No appeal lies from determination, in accordance with sec. 49, of circuit court that
an appropriated bed is a natural bed, and setting aside location. Jackson v. Bennett,
80 Md. 77.

See sec. 31.

Craighill Channel.

An. Code, sec. 52. 1904, sec. 51. 1894, ch. 380, sec. 50.

54. Any person dragging, raking or dredging for oysters within five
hundred yards of either edge of the new channel at the mouth of the
Patapsco river, known as the Craighill channel, extending from the seven-
foot knoll to the mouth of the Magothy river, or within five hundred yards
of either edge of the cut-off connecting the Brewerton and Craighill chan-
nels, shall forfeit his boat or vessel; and it shall be lawful for any justice
of the peace of the county or city in which such person shall be arrested
to try such person, and on conviction to condemn said boat or vessel and
sell the same on five days' notice and fine the said offender a sum not less
than five dollars nor more than twenty-five dollars for each and every
offense; and the said justice of the peace shall pay over one-half of said
fines and forfeitures to the informer and the other half to the school board
of said county or city.

Patuxent.

An. Code, sec. 53. 1904, sec. 52. 1904, ch. 467, sec. 1.

55. It shall be unlawful to take or catch oysters with rakes or tongs
in the waters of the Patuxent river between the first day of April and the
thirtieth day of September, inclusive; provided, that nothing in this sec-
tion shall prohibit any person from taking or catching oysters from his
private bed or bar.

An. Code, sec. 54. 1904, sec. 53. 1904, ch. 467, sec. 2.

56. Any person violating the provisions of the preceding section shall
be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof shall be
punished as provided in this article.

Patuxent—Potomac—Choptank.

An. Code, sec. 55. 1904, sec. 54. 1904, ch. 522, sec. 1.

57. It shall be unlawful after April 8, 1904, for any person or persons
to take or catch oysters in any manner whatever in any of the waters of the
Patuxent river and its tributaries of St. Mary's, Charles and Calvert coun-
ties or in the tributaries of the Potomac river lying in St. Mary's and
Charles counties between the first day of April and the first day of October
in each year, or in the waters of Dorchester county or the Choptank river
in said county, between the 25th day of April and the 15th day of Sep-
tember in each year; provided, however, that nothing in this section shall
be so construed as to prevent any person or persons from removing or trans-
planting oysters on private beds or taking oysters from private beds for
private use during the closed season, but not for sale.