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between any of said counties, the justices of the peace of either
of said counties bounding on said waters or streams, and the
circuit court for either of said counties, shall have concurrent
jurisdiction; and any person arrested for the violation of any of
the provisions of these sections may be taken to either of said
counties for commitment and trial; and from the judgment of
said justices of the peace appeals may be taken on the terms
mentioned in the next preceding section.

1888, ch. 300.

407. The board of special police, biennially appointed under
section 398, are constituted officers of this State and charged with
the enforcement of the provisions of sections 404 to 406, inclusive,
so far as the same extend to the waters of said bay and its tribu-
taries in Cecil and Harford counties northward of the line men-
tioned in section 404; and the sheriffs, constables and commis-
sioned militia officers of Cecil, Baltimore and Harford counties
are constituted officers of this State and charged with the enforce-
ment of the provisions of these sections in each of said counties,
and upon any waters to which the same apply.

Ibid.

408. The possession at any time of any net or trap used or
contrived for purposes forbidden in section 404 shall be prima,
facie evidence against its possessor of its being possessed for the
purpose of violating that section.