WILLIAM T. HAMILTON, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR 351

	by his own oath or other sufficient proof that he is	Satisfy by
	a citizen of said county, and shall pay to said clerk	oath or proof
	the Bum of one dollar, to be paid by said clerk to
	the County Commissioners of Worcester county, to
	be expended in the procuring of seed oysters to be
	planted in said bay as the commissioners aforesaid
	may direct; but no person licensed as above, nor any
	other person, shall take or remove any oysters from
	the waters of said bay or its tributaries on any Sunday
	or in the night at any season, nor during the day from
	the first day of May to the first day of September,
	or any shells from the natural rocks at any time ;
	provided that nothing herein shall be construed to	How con-
	forbid any person from taking or catching his or her own planted oysters at any time and with any kind	strued.
	of instrument, and any person violating any of the
	provisions of this section shall be guilty of a misde-
	meanor, and upon indictment and conviction there-
	for, shall be fined not less than ten nor more than
	fifty dollars for each offence, with costs.
	SEC. 4. And be it enacted, That it shall be lawful
	for any citizen of Worcester county to stake off, not	Plant and
	exceeding five acres in any one place in the waters	lay down oys-
	of Synepuxent bay and its tributaries, except upon	ters.
	the natural rocks of said bay and its tributaries, and
	to plant and lay down oysters in said waters so
	staked off; and that no person except the owner of
	said planted or laid down oysters, or his employee,	Marked by
	shall work upon or among said oysters, or in the	stakes, &c
	waters so staked off; provided that, that portion of
	the said waters in which oysters are, or are intended
	to be planted or laid down not exceeding five acres
	in any one place, be kept plainly marked by means
	of bushes, stakes or buoys; and any person wilfully
	or maliciously removing said bushes, stakes or buoys, shall be liable to all the penalties of this section ; and
	provided further, that nothing in this section shall
	affect the rights of owners of land to the exclusive
	use of any creek, cove or inlet within their said lands,
	not exceeding one hundred yards in width at its
	mouth; and any person violating the provisions of	Fine for vio-
	this section, or any of them, shall be liable to be sued	lation.
	as for damages to any other property, and also to
	indictment by the grand jury of said county, and
	upon conviction for any such violation shall be fined