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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

remain setting, any set seine or seines in any part of

the waters of Synepuxent bay and its tributaries,

north of South Point, during the interval from the

hour of six o'clock P. M. of Saturday of each week

until the hour of six o'clock A. M. of the following

Monday.

SEC. 3. And le it enacted, That no person shall

Weight spe-

catch by means of a seine or seines any perch fish

cified

of not less than a fourth of a pound each in the

waters described in the preceding section.

SEC. 4. And be it enacted. That any person vio-

lating any of the provisions of this act shall be guilty

of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof be-

Pine for vio-
lation.

fore a justice of the peace for Worcester county, or
in the Circuit Court of the same county, shall be

fined not less than five or more than twenty dollars,

and be imprisoned until said fine and all costs in the

case are paid ; provided said imprisonment shall not

exceed thirty days in any event.

SEC. 5. And be it enacted, That upon information

given upon oath to any justice of the peace of Wor-

cester county of any violation of any of the provi-

sions of this act, the said justice shall issue his war-

rant for the arrest of the offender or offenders, and

Issue warrant

the seizure of the seine or seines used in violation of

this act, which warrant shall be directed to the

sheriff or any constable of Worcester county, re-

quiring said offender or offenders to b'e brought be-

fore him, and also all seines used in violating this

act, whether the owner of the same be known to him

or not.

SEC. 6. And, be it enacted, That it shall be the

duty of any justice of the peace of the county afore-

said, before whom it shall be proven satisfactorily

Sell at auc-

that any nets or seines have been used in violation

tion.

of this act, to cause such nets or seines to be sold at

public auction to the highest bidder for cash, after

giving ten days' notice of the time and place of such

sale in at least two public places in the vicinity of

said sale, and one-half of all fines collected under