WILLIAM T. HAMILTON, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR. 691
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CHAPTER 448.
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AN ACT for the protection of fish in the waters
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of Wicomico county.
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SECTION 1. Be it enacted ly the General Assem-
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bly of Maryland, That it shall be unlawful for any
person or persons to set, stake, or in any manner
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Unlawful to
use pound
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place any pound net or fyke net made of twine, in
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net, &c
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the waters of Wicomico county, at any time.
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SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That it shall be un-
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lawful for any person or persons to catch, take, cap-
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ture, kill or injure any shad, herring, rock, perch or
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any other kind of fish with haul seine, float seine,
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Not to catch,
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stake seine, or any other kind of seine, net or fish
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capture, &c.
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trap in the waters of said county, between the twen-
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tieth day of May in each and every year, and the
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first day of September in the next succeeding year.
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SEC. 3. And be it enacted, That each and every
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person who may violate any of the provisions of this
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act shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and
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upon conviction thereof, before any justice of the
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peace of Wicomico county, shall be fined by the said
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justice of the peace sitting in the case a sum not less
than ten dollars nor more than twenty-five dollars,
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Fine for vio-
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for each and every violation aforesaid ; and each and
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lation.
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every person so convicted and fined shall be com-
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mitted by the said justice of the peace to be confined
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in the county jail in said county until the said fine
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and all costs of the prosecution are paid ; and shall,
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in addition to the said penalties, also forfeit and lose
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all seines, nets and boats of every kind which
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may be used by them in violating as aforesaid.
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SEC. 4. And be it enacted, That it shall be the
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duty of the justice of the peace to decree the forfeit-
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ure mentioned in the preceding section, and to order
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and direct the constable or other officer making the
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Sell forfeited
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arrest, to take and sell any property so forfeited as
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property.
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aforesaid, after first giving at least ten days' notice
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by advertisement inserted in some newspaper pub-
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lished in said county, or by advertisement posted in
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