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of Maryland in and for any of the Counties bordering on said river, shall
be fined not less than ten dollars or more than thirty dollars for each offense,
and the cost of the proceedings; and upon the failure of the said person so
convicted to pay said fine and costs, that boat so used, and the fixtures
thereof, shall be condemned by the justice of the peace who imposed said
fine and costs, and the same shall be sold for the making of said fine and
costs under execution issued by said justice of the peace to the Sheriff of the
County wherein said trial was had; one-half of the money from such fine
or condemnation and sale shall be paid to the informer, if any, and the whole
or remainder thereof, as the case may be, to the Board of County School
Commissioners of the County wherein said person was tried and convicted,
for the use of the public schools thereof, after deducting therefrom all
costs incident to such arrest, trial and conviction.

An. Code, sec. 62. 1904, sec. 63. 1904, ch. 509, sec. 3. 1906, ch. 471i, sec. 3. 1908, ch. 520.

1914, ch. 314.

79.1 No person shall push, paddle or convey on the waters of the Patux-
ent river or its tributaries, or marshes of said river or tributaries, any person
or persons for the purpose of shooting any ortolan, rail or reedbird, duck or
goose, without first obtaining a license from the clerk of the court of the
county in which he resides, for which he shall pay the sum of two dollars and
fifty cents; two dollars of which sum shall be paid to the board of school com-
missioners for the use of the schools of the county, and fifty cents to be re-
tained by the clerk of the court as his fee for issuing such license; such
license to expire at the end of one year from the date of its issue. Every
person obtaining such license shall be given a figure, which figure shall be
painted on the outside of any boat or skiff used for the purpose of pushing
or paddling, in figures not less than one and one-half inches high, and of
such a character and color that the same may be easily read. No person not
a bona fide resident of the State of Maryland shall be entitled to have a
license to push or paddle issued him by the clerk of the court. Any person
who violates the provisions of this section shall be deemed guilty of a mis-
demeanor, and on conviction thereof in the circuit court or before any
justice of the peace of the State of Maryland in and for any of the counties
bordering on said river, shall be fined not less than ten dollars nor more than
fifty dollars for each offense, and the costs of the proceedings; one-half of
the said fine to go to the informer, if any, and the other half or the whole,
as the case may be, to the board of county school commissioners wherein said
offense was tried, for the benefit of the public schools thereof; and upon the
failure to pay such fine and costs, the offender shall be committed by the
court or justice of the peace who imposed said fine to the county jail in the
county wherein said offense was tried for a period of not less than ten days
nor more than two months.
See sec. 82.

1 See footnote to sec. 77.