ART. 20.] OYSTERS. 1819

forthwith to arrest the party alleged to have been engaged in
such violation, and bring him before said justice at once for trial,
and upon conviction the offender shall be fined as required by the
preceding section.

1880, ch. 445.

189. The said justice of the peace shall either give the case
an immediate hearing, or at the instance of the party charged,
shall appoint some early day, within the next five days there-
after, to hear the case; the party charged giving such good and
sufficient bail as said justice shall require for his appearance; and
any party feeling himself aggrieved by any conviction or judg-
ment of said justice, shall have the right to appeal to the circuit
conrt for said county, which shall hear and determine the same as
other cases on appeal.

1878, ch. 373.

190. It shall be unlawful to take or catch oysters with scoops,
drags or dredges, or such like instruments, in the waters of the
Wicomico river in Somerset county, on the east side of a straight
line from the mouth of Rock creek to Clay Island lighthouse;
and any person violating this section shall be liable to be tried
before auy justice of the peace, upon being arrested on warrant
from any justice of the peace of said county, and upon convic-
tion shall be fined not less than twenty-five dollars nor more than
fifty dollars for every such offence, and shall also forfeit the boat
or vessel used or employed in such violation of this section; and
the said boat or vessel so forfeited and condemned, shall be sold
by the officer making the seizure or arrests, upon ten days' notice
of such sale, for cash, together with the sails and furniture of
said boat or vessel, and the implements on board said boat used
in such illegal taking of oysters; and one-half the proceeds of
said sale shall be paid to the informer and party making the said
seizure, and the balance shall be paid to the use of the public,
schools of said county; and any party interested shall have the
right of appeal to the circuit court for said county from the judg-
ment of any justice of the peace trying any cause arising for the
violation of any of the provisions of this section.

1888, ch. 95.

191. It shall not be lawful for any person to employ any boat
or vessel in catching or taking oysters with scoop or scrape,