ART. 71.] OYSTERS.

point, Hackett's point, Thomas' point, the Three
Sisters, Holland's, Point bar and Plum point on the
western side of the Chesapeake Bay, and any owner,
master, employee or other person so offending, shall
upon conviction thereof before a justice of the peace
or judge of the circuit court for any county wherein
the offence may have been committed, be subject to

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the same fine and penalties, and the boat or vessel so
used or employed, be liable to seizure and forfeiture
as provided in section five of this article, but this
section nor any in this article shall be construed as a
repeal of sections ninety-four to one hundred and

Penalty.

one inclusive, of article nineteen of the code of
public local laws for Somerset county, relating to
oysters.

Not Applicable
to Somerset
county.

16. It shall be unlawful for any person who may
be licensed to take or catch oysters with rakes or
tongs in the waters of any county of this state, to
take or catch oysters in the waters of any other
county than the one of which he is a .resident and
wherein the license may have been obtained, and
any person violating the provisions of this section
shall, upon conviction thereof before any justice of
the peace of the county wherein the offence may
have been committed, be liable to the same fines

Ibid s 16
Unlawful to
catch oysters
outside the
county where
licensed.

and penalties as provided in section ten of this arti-
cle; provided, that when any river or creek is the
dividing line between two counties, the bona fide
residents of either of the said counties, who may
be licensed as aforesaid, shall use the same without

Penalty.
Provisos.

incurring such fines and penalties; and provided, also,
that Fishing bay in Dorchester county shall not be
so used.

Fishing bay m
Dorchester
county.

17. All boats, vessels or other property condemned
under the provisions of this article shall be sold by
the sheriff of the county where such boat, vessel or
other property may be condemned, at public sale,

Ibid s. 17
Property con-
demned, to be
sold by sheriff

after giving twenty days notice of the time and place
of such sale by advertisement in one or more news-
papers published in the county where such con-

Notice to be
given.