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the proceeds of sale, with all fines imposed and collected, after
paying the costs of the seizure, condemnation and sale, shall be

divided, one-fourth to the officer making the arrest and seizure,
one-fourth to those aiding in making the arrest and seizure, and
the remaining one-half to the board of school commissioners of
Kent and Queen Anne's counties, for the use of the schools of
said counties...

1872, ch. 313.

117. Any party adjudged guilty of the violation of the pro-

visions of said sections 110, 111 or 112, who feels himself aggrieved
thereby, shall have the right of appeal to the circuit court for
.said counties, respectively, as in other cases of appeal from de-
cisions of justices of the peace.

1886, ch. 138. 1888, ch. 151.

118. It shall not be lawful for any person to take, capture or

destroy fish in the waters of Chester river, or its tributaries, in the

counties of Kent or Queen Anne's, and Eastern bay and its tribu-
taries, within the Jurisdictional limits of Queen Anne's county, by
seines, drag-nets, set-nets, fish-baskets, fish-pots, weirs, pound-nets,
fykes, or any other means or contrivance whatsoever, which is

now known or used in the capturing or destroying fish, or which
may hereafter be invented for that purpose, from the twentieth

day of May to the first day of August, except with hook and line;
provided, however, that seines or nets may be used for the taking
of taylors and mackerel fish; provided, the meshes of such nets or

seines are, in the bar, not less than one and seven-eighth inches,
or, in the mesh, not less than three and three-quarter inches; and
provided, however, that eels may be taken or captured at any
time during the year, and by any contrivance whatsoever, suitable
for the purpose.

Ibid.

119. It shall not be lawful for any person who uses stakes or
poles in setting nets of whatever class or description, in the waters
mentioned in the preceding section, to leave such stakes or poles
in the waters where they were used, but shall remove, or have
removed, such stakes or poles from the waters where they were
used, on or before the twentieth day of May in each year; nor
shall they again be put down in said waters prior to the first day
of August following.