1144 FISH AND FISHERIES. [ART. 39

than one hundred dollars, in the discretion of the justice of
the peace before whom the case is heard; which amount shall
be appropriated to the public school fund of the county wherein
such judgment is rendered; and for the payment of the amount
of fine so adjudged, any boat, seine, weir or other fishing tackle
used by any person in violation of the provisions of the two
preceding sections shall be seized and held as security upon
complaint against such offending party.

1888, art. 39, sec. 21. 1884, oh. 503.

21. It shall not be lawful for any persons, except bona fide
residents of St. Mary's, Anne Arundel, Charles, Calvert and
Prince George's counties, to haul in the waters of the Patuxent
river, between Sheriden's Point and Point Patience, any seine
of greater length than sixty fathoms at any time between the
first day of June and the first day of October following.

Ibid. sec. 22. 1878, ch. 363.

22. Any person violating the provisions of the preceding
section shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon
conviction thereof before a justice of the peace for Calvert
county, or before the circuit court for Calvert county, shall be
fined a sum not less than twenty dollars nor more than fifty
dollars; one-half thereof to be paid to the informer and the
other half thereof to the county commissioners of said county.

Ibid. sec. 23. 1860, art. 41, sec. 23. 1828, ch. 128. 1874, ch. 313
1884, ch. 303.

23. No person shall stake down any seine or net entirely
across the Patuxent river for the purpose of taking shad or
herring; nor shall any person whip, thresh or beat the waters
of the Patuxent river with poles or any other instrument, for
the purpose of driving any fish within any seine or net; nor
shall any person, except bona fide residents of Prince George's,
Charles, St Mary's, Anne Arundel and Calvert counties, in
fishing in the said river, between the fifth day of March and
the fifteenth day of May, use any seine or net with meshes of
less than one and one-half of an inch square; or during the
rest of the year with any seine or net with meshes of a less
size than two inches square; and no person shall empty any
seine except in water twelve inches deep; and any person vio-
lating this section shall be subject to the fine and forfeiture
provided in section 20.