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preceding sections of this article, he shall upon conviction
thereof before a justice of the peace for the county wherein
the offense has been committed be fined not less than twenty
nor more than one hundred dollars and stand committed to
the county jail till all costs and fines are paid; and in any
such case the boat or vessel used by him shall be forfeited,
and may be condemned, in the discretion of the judge or
justice of the peace, in the manner provided in section 24.
All persons taking or catching oysters under the provisions of
this article shall exhibit their authority for so doing when
required by any officer of the oyster police force, or other
officers of the State.

1894, ch. 380, sec. 6 1898, ch. 117. 1900, ch. 99.

6. It shall be unlawful for any person or persons who have
obtained a license to take or catch oysters with rakes or tongs
to take or catch oysters in the waters of Queen Anne's, Kent,
Talbot, Anne Arundel and Dorchester counties, or within one
and a half miles of Sandy Point, Hackett's Point, Tolley's
Point, Thomas' Point, Holland's Island bar and Three Sisters
and Holland's Point bar with any implement or device other
than ordinary rakes and tongs with wooden shafts, to be used
entirely by hand, and without any ropes or hoisting gear what-
ever. Any person or persons violating any one of the provisions
of this section shall be liable to the penalties prescribed in the
preceding section for taking oysters with rakes and tongs
without license; and the waters within one and a half miles of
Sandy Point, Hackett's Point, Tolley's Point, Thomas' Point,
Holland's Island bar and Three Sisters and Holland's Point
bar shall be held and considered to be within the limits of
Anne Arundel county for the purpose of this section and article ;
provided that the provisions of this section shall not apply to
Swan Point bar, Rock Hall creek and Swan creek and all waters
north of Swan Point bar. Nothing in this section to affect
offenses committed in whole or in part before March 20, 1900,
nor pending prosecutions for past offenses.

Culling.

Ibid. sec. 7.

7. All oysters taken from any of the waters of this State,
either with scoops, dredges or any similar instruments or tongs
or rakes shall be culled upon their natural bed or bar as taken,
and all shells shall be returned to the bed or bar from which
they were taken, and all oysters whose shells measure less than