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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

Seine haul-

with hauling seine or drag-net of any kind within

ing prohibit-

the Chesapeake Bay, or any of its tributaries lying

ed

northward of the following line, viz : Beginning at

Still Pond, in Kent County, and drawn westward

to Lego's Point, in Harford county.

SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That any person or

Penalty for

persons violating any of the provisions of this act,

violation.

upon conviction thereof before any justice of the

peace of the county in which said act has been vio-

lated, shall pay a fine of fifty dollars, one-half of

which shall go to the informer, and any hauling

seine or hauling seines, drag-net or drag-nets, and the

boat or boats and material used in fishing the same

Declared for-

are hereby declared to be forfeited, and the justice or

feited.

justices before whom said conviction and condemna-

tion shall be had, is authorized and directed to have

said fishing apparatus sold by the sheriff or constable
making said arrest to the highest bidder, and the

proceeds, together with half the fine, after deduct-

ing the cost, shall be paid to the county commis-

sioners of the county in which said offence shall be

committed, for the use of the school fund of said

county.

SEC. 3. And be it enacted, That any person or per-

sons, on conviction, failing to pay the fine as pre-

scribed in the preceding section, shall be imprisoned

in the county jail of the county in which said offence

shall be committed; provided, however, that any

one so offending shall, upon conviction before any

Right of ap-

justice of the peace of the county in which said

peal.

offence shall be committed, have the right of appeal

to the Circuit Court of the county in which said

.

offence shall be committed, under the same restric-

tions governing appeals from the decisions of justices

of the peace.

SEC. 2 And be it enacted, That this act shall take

Effective.

effect from the date of its passage.

Approved April 10, 1880.