ART. 72.] OYSTERS—APPEAL—CRAIGHILL CHANNEL. 1055

1886, ch. 296, sec. 39.

42. Nothing in the preceding sections of this article shall be
construed to apply to Worcester county.

Appeal.

1886, ch. 296, sec. 38.

43. Any person convicted under any of the preceding provi-
sions of this article shall, in all cases, have the right of an appeal

Dredging In Cralghlll Channel.

1870, ch. 405. 1882, ch. 14.

44. Any person dragging, raking or dredging for oysters
within five hundred yards of either edge of the new channel

at the mouth of the Patapsco river, known as the "Craighill
Channel," extending from the seven-foot knoll to the mouth of
the Magothy river, or within five hundred yards of either edge of
the cut-off connecting the Brewerton and Craighill channels, 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 shall be
arrested to try such person, and on conviction to condemn said
boat or vessel, and sell the same on five days' notice, and fine the
said offender a sum not less than five dollars nor more than
twenty-five dollars for each and every offence; and the said justice

of the peace shall pay over one-half of said fines and forfeitures
to the informer, and the other half to the school board of said
county or city.

Catching Oysters In Potomac River.

1884, ch. 76, sec. 1.

45. It shall not be lawful for any person to take or catch
oysters, in any manner whatever, in the waters of the Potomac
river, unless he be a citizen of Maryland or Virginia, and shall
have been a resident of the State of which he is a citizen, for
twelve months immediately preceding; any one violating this
section shall be subject to a fine of five hundred dollars; any

vessel in which oysters are taken contrary to this section, shall be