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LAWS OF MARYLAND.
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CHAPTER 40.
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AN ACT to protect oysters in certain waters of
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Manokin River in Somerset county.
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SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assem-
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bly of Maryland, That it shall not be lawful for
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any person or persons to employ any canoe, boat or
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Unlawful to
catch oysters
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vessel in catching or taking oysters, with scoop,
scrape, drag or dredge or any similar instrument, in
the waters of the Manokin River in Somerset county,
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east of a straight line from Hazard Point on the
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south side of said river to South Point on the south-
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east end of little Deal's Island.
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SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That any person or
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persons violating any of the provisions of this act
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shall be fined in a sum not less than one hundred
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Fined for
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dollars nor more than two hundred dollars for each
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violation.
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and every offence, and shall stand committed to the
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county jail until such fine and costs shall be fully
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paid and satisfied.
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SEC. 3. And be it enacted, That on information
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under oath of any violation of the provisions of
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this act to any justice of the peace of Somer-
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set county, the said justice shall forthwith is-
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Issue war-
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sue his warrant to the sheriff or any constable
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ant.
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of said county, requiring the officer to whom the
said writ shall be directed to summon a posse comi-
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tatus, if necessary, and proceed at once to arrest the
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party or parties alleged to have been engaged in
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violation of this act, and forthwith bring the offender
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or offenders before some justice of the peace of Som-
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erset county for a hearing, and the said justice of
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the peace shall either give the case an immediate
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hearing, or at the instance of the party or parties
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charged with a violation of this act, shall appoint
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some early day within the next seven days thereafter
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to hear the case, the party or parties charged giving
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such good and sufficient bail as said justice shall
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require for his or their appearance at the trial, and
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on the conviction of the offender or offenders the said
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justice shall fine such person or persons in a sum
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not less than one hundred dollars nor more than two
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