ART. 10.] OYSTERS. 1059

violation of sections 253 to 262, inclusive, the penalty for which
is not otherwise provided for, shall, upon conviction thereof
before a justice of the peace or judge of the circuit court for
Dorchester county, upon indictment by the grand jury, be fined
not less than fifty dollars nor more than one hundred dollars, and
stand committed until the costs and fines are paid; provided, that
before a justice of the peace shall proceed to try any case under
said sections, he shall require the person charged with such viola-
tion to make his election either to be tried before said justice or
before the circuit court for Dorchester county, and said election
shall be entered upon the record of the said justice; if he elects
to be tried before the circuit court, he shall be required to give
bond with approved security to the State, in double the amount
of the fine named for said offence, for his appearance at the first
term of said circuit court held in said county; if any one or all of
such defendants shall elect to be tried before said justice of the
peace, the justice shall proceed to docket the case in usual form,
and hear and decide the same.

1886, ch. 306.

259. The master of said boat shall have painted in black
figures on two sets of white canvas, the numbers corresponding
to the license to catch oysters; each figure shall be ten or more
inches long and of proportionate width, and at least four inches
apart, one of which the master shall have firmly sewed upon the
starboard side and near the middle of that part of the mainsail
which is above close-reef; and the other number on the port side
and near the middle of the jib, above the bonnet and reef; these
numbers shall 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 used or exposed to view
except the true number on said license; and any person who shall
violate the provisions of this section shall be deemed guilty of a
misdemeanor, and upon conviction before any justice of the
peace in the county, or judge of the circuit court, shall be fined
not less than twenty-five dollars nor more than fifty dollars, and
stand committed until costs and fines are paid; and all fines
arising from any violation of sections 253 to 262, inclusive, shall
be paid by the defendant, to the justice of the peace trying said