ART. 71.] OYSTERS.

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20. Any boat or vessel owned either wholly or in
part by any non-resident of this state, which may be j
used or employed by any resident or non-resident |
of this state in taking or catching oysters in any of
the waters of this state with scoop, scrape, drag or
dredge, shall be liable to seizure and forfeiture, and
upon conviction thereof by any justice of the peace
or in any circuit court for any county, or the court
of common pleas of the city of Baltimore, shall be
condemned to be sold in the same manner and upon
the same terms, and the proceeds of such sale or
sales shall be disposed of as hereinbefore provided
in section seventeen of this article.

Ibid a 20
Liability of
vessels owned
by non-
residents to
seizure, Ac.

21. It shall be the duty of any sheriff, constable
or other officer created by this article, with or with-
out warrant, to arrest any person or persons, and to
seize and take into custody, any canoe, boat or ves-
sel whenever and wherever such person or persons,
canoe, boat or vessel shall be found violating, or
being used in violating any of the provisions of this
article, and to bring the offender or offenders before
the nearest justice of the peace or judge of a circuit
court, to be dealt with as herein provided.

Ibid, s 21.
Officers may
arrest, die, with
or without
warrant.

22. It shall be the duty of the comptroller of the
treasury, upon information given him of any viola-
tion of the provisions of this article, and at such
other times as he may think the interests of the
state require it, to charter a steamer for a period
not exceeding ten days at a time, and to commission
and authorize some officer or other person, in whose
charge the steamer so chartered shall be placed, to
cruise in any of the waters of this state, to overhaul
and examine the license of all boats or vessels en-
gaged in taking or catching, buying and selling oys-
ters in the state, and to arrest all persons who may
be found violating any of the provisions of this
article, and to seize all boats or vessels, together with
their tackle, furniture, and all other property which
may be found on board such, boats or vessels so
engaged, used or employed in violating said pro-

Ibid s 22
Comptroller to
charter a
steamer to
cruise.