1378 HARFORD COUNTY. [AST. 13.

fore a justice of the peace of said county, be fined a sum not less
than ten dollars nor more than thirty dollars, one-half of said
fine to be given to the informer and the other half to be paid
over to the school commissioners of said county for school pur-

1867, ch. 41.

275. In the event of the failure or refusal of any person so
convicted to pay such fine, the justice of the peace imposing the
fine shall commit him to the county jail for not less than thirty
nor more than sixty days.

1870, ch. 331. 1883, ch. 278.

276. It shall not be lawful for any person to lash or beat the
waters within the limits of Harford county, or which wash the
shores of said county, with rods, poles, sticks or other instru-
ments, or to make noises on the deck of any boat, or on any part
of any boat, by the use of clogs or wooden shoes, or by any other
instrument or means, for the purpose, or which will have the
effect of driving or frightening wild ducks or water-fowl of any
description from their feeding or roosting grounds in said waters,
or to shoot at or do anything whatever with such intent and for
such purpose.

Ibid.

277. Any person violating any of the provisions of the pre-
ceding section, shall, upon conviction, pay a fine of not less than
fifty nor more than two hundred dollars, and forfeit the boat,
together with her tackle and apparel, and all other property on
board of her at the time of her seizure; and the proceedings to
enforce such penalties shall be as prescribed in sections 117 to
120, inclusive.

1873, ch. 54.

278. All that part of the Chesapeake bay and its waters,
lying northward of the following line, viz: beginning at the light-
house on Turkey point, in Cecil county, and drawn westward to
a point half a mile north of the most northerly part of Spesutia
island, thence continuing said line still westward, within half a
mile of, and north of the northern end of said island and the ad-
jacent main land, until it reaches the shore in Harford county, at