1066 OYSTERS—SHIPPING COMMISSIONERS. [ART. 72.

city, for at least four weeks before the opening of the oyster
season.

1886, ch. 314, sec. 2.

66. The grounds so sown and advertised shall be closed as
long as he shall deem proper by the commander of the State
fishery force, designating the same by buoys and other visible
marks and bounds, and by giving notice of said closing in such
newspaper or newspapers as he may deem proper, and warning
all persons against taking oysters thereon; and until the said,
commander shall remove said buoys and other visible marks and
bounds, and give notice of the opening thereof, it shall be unlawful
for any one to take or catch oysters on said grounds; any one
found guilty of taking or catching oysters on said grounds, con-
trary to the provisions of this section, shall be deemed guilty of
a felony, and on conviction thereof shall be fined not less than
fifty nor more than five hundred dollars, or be imprisoned in the
penitentiary for not less than three months and not more than,
one year, at the discretion of the court trying the case; or in
default of the arrest of the party engaged in taking said oysters
unlawfully, the boat or vessel shall be forfeited, and the court,
may order the boat or vessel so used in taking oysters on said
grounds unlawfully, to be sold on complaint and proof of a viola-
tion of this section being made before said court, and the pro-
ceeds, after paying the expenses of arrest and sale, shall be paid,
to the comptroller to the credit of the oyster fund.

State Shipping Commissioners.

1888, ch 513, sec. 1.

67. No boat or vessel belonging to a resident or residents of
this State, of ten tons or over shall engage in catching oysters in
the waters of this State, the crew of which boat or vessel shall,
not have been shipped under and in accordance with the pro-
visions of sections 68-76, this article.

Ibid sec. 2.

68. There shall be appointed by the governor, with the advice
and consent of the senate, one State shipping commissioner for