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ART. 23. ] WORCESTER COUNTY. 399
two justices of the peace and one constable; for election
district number seven, Atkinson's, two justices of the
peace and one constable; for election district number
eight, Sandy Hill, two justices of the peace and one
constable.
In force and approved February 26, 1868.
ORPHANS' COURT.
See, under Public Local Laws, Art. XXII, Wicomico county, the act of 1868, c. 253
providing for the removal of cases of guardianship and wardship from the orphans'
courts of Somerset and Worcester counties, to the orphans' court of Wicomico county,
and providing for the sale of real estate by executors and administrators, resident in
Wicomico county where such administration was begun in either of the counties of
Somerset or Worcester.
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OYSTERS.
1868, c. 343 enacts the following:
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90. Any person or persons other than citizens of
this state, and actual residents therein, who shall take,
plant or remove oysters, terrapins, clams or other shell
fish in the waters thereof, or in the waters of the Chin-
cotegue, Sinepuxent, Parker's bay, o"r in any of the
tributaries thereof included in the boundaries of Wor-
cester county, he, she or they shall forfeit unto the state
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' 1868, C. 343
Non-residents
not to take, &c,
oysters, terra-
pins, clams, &c
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of Maryland five hundred dollars; the vessel, skiff,
craft, boat, or other contrivance used or employed in
such business, or built or intended for such purposes,
shall be confiscated and sold, and the proceeds of such
sales shall be divided, one moiety to the state and the
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Penalty
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other to the informer; provided, that this section shall
not affect a bona fide owner or tenant of some tract of
land on the tide water course therein; and provided,
that this act shall not restrict or prevent traders or
other persons from purchasing from or selling to non-
residents the shell fish in this act mentioned.
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Proviso.
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91. If any person shall disturb terrapins or their
eggs within the limits of Worcester county between
the first day of May and the fifteenth day of October,
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Ibid s 2
Disturbing ter-
rapins
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