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OYSTERS. [ART. 13.

Accounting by
clerk of court

the same within ten days, to the clerk of the county or city where
such fine may accrue, and such clerk shall account for the same to
the comptroller of the treasury in his next quarterly return.

Id s 11
Condemnation
of boat,

11. Any boat, owned wholly or in part by any non-resident, used
in catching oysters in this State, with scoop, dredge or similar in-
strument, shall be condemned by order of any judge of the Circuit
Court nearest the place of her capture, or if captured in Baltimore,

Sale

by order of the judge of the City Court, and shall be sold by the
sheriff of the county where condemned, to the highest bidder for
cash, after twenty days' notice of the time and place of sale, such

Notice

notice to be published at least three times in a newspaper having the
largest circulation, printed in Baltimore city, or in the county where

Proceeds of sale

condemned; one-fourth of the proceeds of such sale shall he paid
to the party making the capture, except the officers of the Fishery
Force, and the balance shall be paid into the treasury of the Stale

Id s 12
Ca telling
oysters without
consent of
owner, felony

12. Any person who shall, without authority from the owner,
catch oysters planted or bedded, shall be deemed guilty of a felony,
and on conviction in the Circuit Court of the county wherein the

Punishment

oysters were bedded, shall be sentenced to the Penitentiary for a
term not exceeding three years.

Id s 13
Time when
oysters may be
taken.

13. It shall be unlawful for any person to catch oysters, except
for private use, or for the purpose of replanting or bedding in the
waters of this State, or for sale to the citizens of the county wherein
they are caught, or the county next adjoining, between the first day
of May and the first day of September, in each and every year; any
person violating this section shall be deemed guilty of a misde-

Punishment

meanor, and fined by a justice of the peace of the county wherein
the offence was committed, not exceeding fifty dollars.

Id s 14
Not to be taken
on Sunday or at
night
Penalty

14. It shall be unlawful for any person to catch oysters on Sun-
day or at night, and any person violating this section "shall be fined
a sum not less than fifty nor more than five hundred dollars by the
judge or justice of the peace trying the case.

Id s 15
Numbers to be
furnished by
comptroller

15, The comptroller of the treasury shall have painted in black
figures on white canvas, two sets of numbers, corresponding to the
license to catch oysters, with scoop, dredge, or similar instrument;
each figure shall be twenty-two inches in length, and of proportion-
ate width, and the figures at least six inches apart; and he shall
give to each person taking out such license two numbers thereof,

Where to be
placed

one of which shall be firmly sewed upon the starboard side, and in
the middle of that part of the mainsail which is above the close
reef, and the other number on the port side, and in the middle part
of the jib, which is above the bonnet and reef, these numbers shall

To be worn at
all times

be placed in an upright position, and worn at all times during the
dredging season, and shall not be concealed or defaced, and no
other number shall be exposed to view or used than that which is

Violation

furnished by the comptroller; any captain who shall violate the
provisions of this section, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor,
and upon conviction in any Circuit Court of this State, shall be