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lars, and be sentenced to the House of Correction for not less than six
months for each and every offense.

P. L. L.. 1888, Art. 9, sec. 124. 1884, ch. 463.

219. On information made under oath of any violation of the provi-
sions of any of the sections of this subtitle of this Article, to any justice of
the peace for Charles County, such justice of the peace shall forthwith
issue his warrant to the sheriff or any constable of said county, requiring
said officer to proceed forthwith to arrest the party alleged to have been
engaged in said violation, and bring him before said justice at once for
trial, and upon conviction he shall be fined and punished as provided by
the preceding section.

P. L. L., 1888, Art. 9, sec. 125. 1884, ch, 463.

220. The said justice of the peace shall either give the case an immedi-
ate hearing, or at the instance of the: party charged, shall appoint some
early day within the next five days thereafter, to hear the case, the party
charged with violation of Section 218 giving such good and sufficient
security as said justice shall require for his appearance; and any person
feeling himself aggrieved by any conviction or judgment of said justice,
shall have the right to appeal to the Circuit Court for Charles County,
which shall hear and determine the same as other cases on appeal.

P. L. L., 1888, Art. 9, sec. 126. 1884, ch. 463.

221. It shall not be lawful for any person, not a citizen of Charles
County, to take or catch oysters with tongs., or any other instrument, in
any of the tributaries of the Potomaic River, adjacent to the shores of
Charles County, without a license; and every applicant for a license to
use any canoe or other boat in catching oysters with rakes or tongs shall
be required to make oath or affirmation before the Clerk of the Court
authorized to issue the same, or before some justice of the peace of Charles
County, upon whose certificate of the taking of such oath or affirmation
the said Clerk of the Court shall issue such license, that the applicant for
the license has been a resident and citizen of Charles. County for the
twelve months next preceding said application; that he will not violate
any of the provisions of any of the sections of this subtitle of this Article;
that he will arrest and seize, or assist in arresting and seizing, all persons
and boats, vessels and equipments, engaged in violating the provisions of
said sections, so far as it may be in his power so to do, and that he is the
bona fide owner of the boat or canoe to be used, the length of which must
also be stated. Any person found guilty of violating 'any of the provisions
of said sections shall be fined in a sum not less than twenty dollars nor
more than fifty dollars.

P. L. L., 1888, Art. 9, sec. 127. 1884, ch. 463.

222. Every applicant for a tonger's license shall pay to the Clerk of the
Circuit Court for Charles County, for the same, the following fees, to wit:
For a boat or canoe measuring in length twenty feet or less, the sum of