1166 FISH AND FISHERIES. [ART. 39
and take receipt for the same, and for other licenses furnished;
and sai'd clerks shall on the first Monday in July and Decem-
ber, of each year, return to the comptroller a list and account
of such licenses issued by them and at the end of each year
shall return all unused blank licenses to him, and shall pay
over to the comptroller all the moneys received by them for
such license, which amount the said comptroller shall place to
the credit of the "Oyster Fund."
1896. ch. 441. sec. 94.
105. It shall not be lawful for any person in taking fish for
sale by the use of pound nets, fykes or other contrivances, now
known or hereafter invented, to set such pound nets, fyke nets
or other contrivances, now known or hereafter invented, in
waters of the Chesapeake bay, within the Jurisdictional limits
of the State of Maryland, and below Pool's" island, in the
Chesapeake bay, at a greater length than 800 yards from low
water mark; and any person violating this section shall upon
conviction thereof, before some justice of the peace of any
county of this State most accessible, be fined the sum of not
less than twenty nor more than one hundred dollars, or shall
forfeit said net or nets, together with the boats and tackles
used in the violation of sections 101, 102, 103, 104, 105, 106,
107, 108, 109 of this article, or be subject to both fine and
forfeiture, in the discretion of the justice of the peace trying
the same; provided, that the party feeling aggrieved shall
have the right of appeal as in other cases tried before justices
of the peace; and provided further, that, in case of appeal, the
person appealing shall give to the State of Maryland a good
and sufficient bond, covering double the amount of the fine or
forfeiture, in case of forfeit, so as to secure to the State the
amount of fine and forfeiture, in case he does not prosecute
his appeal with effect.
Ibid. sec. 95.
106. Any non-resident of this State violating any of sections
101, 102, 103, 104, 105, 106, 107, 108 or 109 of this article,
by the use of any pound net, fyke net, haul seine or other
contrivance, now known or hereafter invented, in the taking or
catching of fish, shall, on conviction thereof before some
justice of the peace of any county of this State most accessible,
forfeit said pound net, fyke net, haul seine or other contrivance,
now used or hereafter invented for taking fish, together with
all boats, vessels and tackle used in the violation of any of
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