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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

of the State Fishery force, and said persons, when

arrested, shall be carried before said judge or justice

of the peace, and the boat, vessel and equipments

shall be held to be dealt with according to the pro-

visions of preceding sections of this act.

Resisting offi-

SEC. 18. And be it enacted, That if any person or

cer

persons shall resist any officer authorized by this

act to make arrests of persons and seizure of boats,

vessels and equipments, he or they shall be deemed

guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon indictment and

conviction in any court having criminal jurisdiction

Fine and im-

shall be fined not less than one hundred dollars nor

prisonment.

more than five hundred dollars, or imprisoned in the

House of Correction for not less than three months

nor more than one year, or both fine and imprison-

ment in the discretion of the court; and the fine

and costs of prosecution shall be a lien on any boat,

vessel and equipments that may have been seized

when such offenders were arrested, and such boat,

vessel and equipment shall be disposed of to secure

the payment of such costs and fine as the judge of

the court may direct, according to the provisions of

preceding sections in this act.

SEC. 19. And be it enacted, That for all oysters

bought and sold on the Potomac River the following

shall be the standard bushel measure, viz. : A solid

iron tub, measuring sixteen and one-half inches

across the bottom from inside to inside, eighteen

inches across the top from inside to inside, and

Standard

twenty-one inches from the inside bottom, diagon-

bushel meas-

ally, to the inside top. This measure, even full,

ure.

shall be a bushel ; and any person using a larger

measure shall be subject to a fine of ten dollars for

each and every offence against the provisions of this

section, to be recovered by proceedings before a jus-
tice of the peace, one-half to be paid to the informer

and the other half to the Comptroller of the State.

SEC. 20. And be it enacted, That any person or

persons feeling aggrieved by the judgment of any

May appeal.

justice of the peace in any trial for a violation of

any provision of this act, may appeal to the circuit

court for the county in which such case may have

been tried ; provided be or they give notice of such