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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

Penalty for

person or persons to take or catch planted or bedded

violation

oysters. Any person or persons violating the pro-

visions of this section shall be deemed guilty of a

misdemeanor, and on conviction in the Circuit

Court of the county wherein the oysters were bedded,

shall be fined not less than five dollars nor more than

fifty dollars, or be sentenced to the house of cor-

rection for a term not less than three months nor

more than three years, at the discretion of the judge

or justice trying the same.

SEC. 14. And be it enacted, That it shall be un-

When unlaw-

lawful for any person or persons to take or catch

ful

oysters, except for private use, to the amount of five

bushels per day, or for sale of the same to any citi-

zen or citizens of the neighborhood, and to them

only for the purpose of being consumed where sold,

or for the purpose of replanting or bedding in the

waters of the counties wherein they are caught, or

for sale to the citizens of the county wherein they

are caught, and to them only for the purpose of re-

planting or bedding in the waters of said counties

between the fifteenth day of April and the first day

of September in each and every year. Any person

Penalty for
violation.

violating this section shall be deemed guilty of a
misdemeanor, and fined by a justice of the peace of

the county wherein the offence was committed, not

less than fifty dollars nor more than two hundred

dollars, or imprisonment in the House of Correction

for not less than three months nor more than three

years.

SEC. 15. And be it enacted, That it shall be un-

lawful for any person or persons to take or catch

oysters on Sunday, or at night, or to carry oysters,

in the shell, outside the State, between the first day

of April and the first day of September ; and any

When unlaw-
ful.

person or persons violating this section shall be fined
a sum of not less than fifty dollars nor more than

three hundred dollars, or sentenced to the House

of Correction for a period of not less than three

months nor more than three years, or forfeit the

boat, vessel or canoe used in violation of this act, at

the discretion of the judge or justice of the peace

trying the same.