120 OYSTERS. [ART. 71.

to repeal the act passed at the present session of the
general assembly, entitled an "act to authorize scoop-
ing for oysters in certain waters of Dorchester county."

Approved and in force April 8, 1870.

1870, c. 296 amends 1868, c. 406 [Sup. 1668, p. 151] by adding the following section:
[But note that the act of 1868, c. 406 was repealed by 1870, c. 364, Supra.]

1970. C 296. Commander of oyster police force to en- force the laws relating to wild fowl.

44. In addition to the duties required of the com- manding officer of the oyster police force, under the provisions of the forty-first section of chapter four hundred and six of the act of assembly, passed at January session, eighteen hundred and sixty-eight, the said commanding officer is required, from the first day of October in each year, to the first day of April in the following year, at such times as he shall be able to spare them, to detail a portion of his force, to- gether with a boat or barge, to visit and cruise about the Susquehanna and other rivers of this state, and enforce the provisions of article ninety-eight of the code of public general laws relating to wild fowl. Approved and in force April 4, 1870.

1870, c. 405 entitled an act to protect " Craighill Channel" at the mouth of the Pa-
tapsco river, enacts the following:

1870 c. 405, S. 1 Craighill chan- nel.	45. It shall not be lawful for any person or persons to rake, drag or dredge for oysters within five hundred yards of either edge of the new channel at the mouth of Patapsco river, known as the " Craighill Channel," extending from the Seven Foot Knoll to the mouth of Magothy river.
Ibid s. 2. Penalty.	46. Any person or persons violating the first section of this act shall forfeit his boat or vessel, and it shall be lawful for any justice of the peace of the county or city in which such person or persons shall be arrested, to try such person or persons, and on conviction, to condemn said boat or vessel, and sell the same on five