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offender shall be fined not less than twenty dollars nor more than
two hundred dollars, one-half of such fine to be paid to the use
of the informer, and the other half to the use of the public
schools of the county, and shall forfeit the seine or net, boat and
other outfit used in such fishing, which shall be sold and the pro-
ceeds divided in the same manner; and in case of non-payment
of the fine and costs imposed by said justice the said offender
shall be confined in the county jail for a period not exceeding
forty days and not less than twenty days, or until said fine and
costs are paid.

1883, ch. 287.

104. It shall not be lawful for any person to fish with seines
in the waters of the Gunpowder river from the twentieth day of
May to the twentieth day of August, and from the first day of
November to the first day of February; and any person so fishing
in said waters shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and on convic-
tion of having violated this section, shall pay a fine of not lesa
than twenty dollars, nor more than one hundred dollars for each
offence.

Ibid.

105. Any sheriff or constable who shall be satisfied, either
upon his own view or from information received on oath, that
any person has violated the provisions of the preceding section,
is authorized and empowered to arrest the offender.

Ibid.

106. The justices of the peace for Baltimore and Harford
counties, and the circuit courts for said counties, shall have con-
current jurisdiction in all cases that may arise under the two
preceding sections, and shall have full power to impose the said
fines in the respective counties in which the offence may be com-
mitted ; and the person so offending may be conveyed to either
Baltimore or Harford county for trial and condemnation before
a justice of the peace or the circuit court for either county; and
all fines so collected shall be divided as follows, to wit: one-half
to the informer, and the other half to the county commissioners,
for the benefit of the school fund of said county.