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oysters at said time, and properly equipped for taking or catch-
ing oysters with scoop, scrape, drag or dredge or similar instru-
ment, such fact shall be prima facie evidence that the said boat
or vessel has been used in violation of the provisions of this
article; and it shall be the duty of the officer to arrest the person
in command of said boat or vessel, together with all her equip-
ments, and bring the same before a judge or justice of the peace
of the county having jurisdiction, or if in the Chesapeake bay,
in the county most accessible or convenient, to be dealt with
according to law; provided, that nothing in this article shall be
construed to prohibit vessels from seeking harbor in any waters
of this State. The provisions of this section shall extend to all
boats licensed to take oysters with scoop or scrape by any county
of this State.

State Fishery Force.

1894, ch. 380.

32. The board of public works are empowered and directed
to purchase for each of the guard boats such arms and ammuni-
tion as may be necessary to make them efficient, and the officers
of such boats shall be authorized to use such arms, in their dis-
cretion, for the enforcement of the provisions of this article.

Ibid.

33. For the more efficient working of the State fishery
force, the waters of this State shall be divided into seven dis-
tricts, of which the waters of Kent and Queen Anne's shall be
the first; the waters of Queen Anne's and Talbot shall be the
second; the waters of Talbot and Dorchester, the third; the
waters of Wicomico, the fourth, the waters of Somerset, the
fifth; the waters of Anne Arundel, the sixth; the waters of
St. Mary's, Charles and Calvert, the seventh; each of the said
districts shall be guarded by one sailing vessel, except the
second, which shall be guarded by two; and the third, which
shall be guarded by four; and the sixth and seventh, which
shall be guarded by two each; and it shall be the duty of the
deputy commander of the first district to guard the waters of
Chester river belonging to Queen Anne's county, and the waters
of Kent county, including Swan point bar; and the duty of the
first commander of the second district to guard the waters of