1600 OYSTERS. [ART. 72

either State to take oysters with tongs from the waters of the
Potomac river between April 25th and October 1st of each
year; and it shall not be lawful for any person to have in
possession any oysters in the waters of the Potomac river
between the 25th day of April and the 1st day of October of
each year; every person found guilty of violating the pro-
visions of this section shall be fined not less than two hundred
and fifty dollars nor more than five hundred dollars for each
offense; and the vessel by which oysters are illegally taken or
which receives oysters so illegally taken, or which has oysters
aboard within the limits of said river within the time specified,
shall be held as security for the payment of the fine herein-
before mentioned, and be also subject to a fine of not less than
fifty dollars nor more than one hundred and fifty dollars; and
in the event of such fines not being paid within a period of
twenty days, then such vessel shall be forfeited and sold; the
surplus after payment of fines and costs to be paid to the owner
of the boat; one-half of fines to go to the informer and one-
half to the State.

1894, ch. 380, sec. 53.

61. It shall be lawful for citizens of the State of Maryland
and Virginia to take oysters in the Potomac river after com-
plying with the requirements of the law of the State of which
they are citizens for the taking of oysters from the waters of
such State, and any citizen of either State who takes pysters
in the Potomac river without having complied with the require-
ments of the law of his State as to the taking of oysters in its
own waters shall be considered guilty of violating the laws of
the State of which he is a citizen and shall be prosecuted
according to such laws.

Ibid. sec. 54. 1904. ch. 341.

62. All offenses committed against the provisions of sections
59, 60 and 61 by persons not citizens and residents as afore-
said of either State may be punished by any of the justices of
the peace or courts of either State having criminal jurisdiction.
All offenses committed by citizens of either State shall be
punished by such justice of the peace or court having criminal
jurisdiction where the trial of such offenses shall be most
convenient; the authorities of either State have the right to
examine into the right of any person taking oysters in the
Potomac river, who shall exhibit their authority for so doing
whenever required by the police or other legal authority of