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party making the said seizure, and the balance shall be paid to the use
of the public schools of said county; and any party interested shall have the
right of appeal to the circuit court for said county from the judgment of
any justice of the peace trying any cause arising for the violation of any of
the provisions of this section.

P. L. L., 1888. Art. 20, sec. 191. 1888, ch. 95. 1910, ch. 279, sec. 191 (p. 1119).

267. It shall not be lawful for any person to employ any canoe, boat

or vessel in catching or taking oysters with scoop, scrape, drag or dredge
or any similar instrument, either on public or private beds within the
waters of the Great Annamessex River, in Somerset County, east of a
straight line from Tenth's Point, on the south side of said river, to
Porpoise Point, on the north side of said river; provided, however, that
nothing in this section shall prevent the taking of crabs.

P. L. L., 1888, Art. 20, sec. 192. 1888, ch. 95.

268. Any person violating any of the provisions, of the preceding sec-
tion shall be fined in a sum not less than fifty nor more than one hundred
dollars for each and every offense, and shall stand committed to the

county jail until such fine and costs shall be fully paid and satisfied.

P. L. L., 1888, Art. 20, sec. 193. 1888, ch. 95.

269. On information under oath, of any violation of the provisions of

section 267, to any justice of the peace for Somerset county, the said
justice shall forthwith issue his warrant to the sheriff or any constable of
the said county, requiring the officer to whom the said writ shall be

directed to summon a posse comitatus, if necessary, and proceed at once
to arrest the party alleged to have been engaged in violating any of the
provisions of said section, and forthwith bring the offender before some
justice of the peace for Somerset county for a hearing, and unless the
party accused, or the State's attorney, shall claim a jury trial, it shall
be the duty of the said justice of the peace to give the case an immedi-

ate hearing, or at the instance of the party charged with a violation of
said section, shall appoint some early day within the next seven days

thereafter, to hear the case, the party charged giving such good and
sufficient bail as said justice shall require for his appearance at the trial;

and on conviction of the offender, the said justice shall fine said person
in a sum not less than fifty nor more than one hundred dollars, and costs
in each and every case, and shall have power to commit to the jail of

said county such offender so convicted, until such fine so imposed, and

costs, shall be fully paid and satisfied, subject to an appeal.in all cases
to the circuit court for Somerset county, from any judgment or convic-
tion which may be rendered by said justice of the peace.

P. L. L, 1888, Art. 20, sec. 194. 1888, ch. 95.

270. The several justices of the peace for Somerset county and the

circuit court for said county, shall have concurrent jurisdiction in the
trial of any person for violating any of the provisions of section 267.