464 ARTICLE 39.

1929, ch. 471, sec. 10.

10. Jurisdiction of Justices or Court. All justices of the peace of this
State in and for the city or county wherein the offense shall be committed
shall have jurisdiction to hear and determine all prosecutions for the
purpose of enforcing fines and penalties collectible under the provisions of
this Article. If any offense under this Article is committed in a river
dividing two counties, then the justice or court of either county shall have
jurisdiction, and if it is committed in the waters of Chesapeake Bay, then
the justice or court of any county bordering on the Bay shall have juris-
diction. Provided that the nearest or most accessible Justice of the Peace
or Court shall hear and determine said offense, as set forth in Sections 4
and 5.

1929, ch 471, Sec. 11.

11. Appeal from Judgments of Justices of Peace. Any party against
whom any justice of the peace may render a judgment under the provi-
sions of any of the sections of this Article, at any time within ten days
from the rendition of such judgment, may appeal therefrom to the Cir-
cuit Court for the county wherein the same may have been rendered;
but no execution shall be stayed unless the party appealing shall within
ten days after judgment, give bond furnished by some surety company for
an amount equal to the fine imposed and the value of the property seized,
or give bond, with sufficient surety, to be approved by the justice, to the
State of Maryland, for the amount of the fine imposed, and value of prop-
erty seized, with conditions to prosecute such appeal with effect to the Cir-
cuit Court at its next session thereafter, and to pay the fine imposed, and
all costs attending such proceedings, in case judgment shall be affirmed.

1929, ch. 471, sec. 12.

12. ' Obstruction to Passage of Fish. It shall be unlawful to place any
net or other obstruction at the mouth of any creek, cove or inlet so as to
impound any fish and prevent them from having free passage to and from
such waters; or to obstruct any stream above where the tide ebbs and flows
so that the fish shall not have free access up and down the stream, except
where dams are erected and fish ladders maintained under the provisions
of this Article.

1929, ch. 471, sec. 13.

13. Fish Ladders. Every owner of a dam or dams upon any of the
waters of the State is hereby required to make and keep in repair, or cause
to be made and kept in repair, and placed upon said dam or dams at least
one fish ladder of such a character as to enable fish to have a free course up
and down said waters at all times. But in lieu of requiring the erection
of such fish ladder or ladders pursuant to the above provisions and in
lieu of requiring the construction and maintenance of fish ways or fish
ladders pursuant to the provisions contained in any charter heretofore