ART. 39.] FISH AND FISHERIES—POTOMAC. 749

any constable of the county, or other officer authorized to arrest
under this article, to be deait with according to law. And it shall
be the duty of any sheriff, constable, or other officer so authorized,
with or without warrant, to arrest any person violating the pro-
visions of any of said five preceding sections, and to seize any
such seine, net, boat, or other fishing outfit, in cases where
forfeiture of the same is provided, and found being used in vio-
lating any of said provisions, and to bring such offender before
a justice of the peace most accessible or convenient, to be dealt
with as herein provided.

1870, ch. 205.

56. All vessels or other property condemned under the pro-
visions of any of the six preceding sections shall be sold by the
sheriff, or other officer making the seizure, on ten days' notice;
and the proceeds of sale, after deducting the expenses thereof,
shall be paid over to the clerk of the circuit court for the county,
to be disposed of as herein provided.

Ibid.

57. All money arising from the sale of licenses, or from fines,
penalties and forfeitures imposed under any of said sections, shall
be paid by the comptroller into the treasury and placed to the
credit of the oyster fund, and the State's portion of such fines
and forfeitures shall be paid by the sheriff or other officer collecting
the same to the clerk of the circuit court for the county where
the same may accrue, and such clerk shall account for the same to
the comptroller of the treasury in his annuai return; and the
commanding officer of the State oyster police force is hereby
charged with the enforcement of the provisions of said sections.

Ibid.

58. It shall be unlawful hereafter for any person to fish in
the Potomac river from what are known as arks or lighters,
or from any kind of vessel or float, by whatever name called, in or
upon which persons may live or may exclusively occupy, but all
such fishing shall be with and from regular seine or gilling-boats.
Any violation of this section shall subject the offender, upon,
conviction thereof, to a fine of not less than twenty nor more
than one hundred dollars for the first offence, and for any second