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	SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That the county commis-
	sioners of Harford county, be and they are hereby authorized and empowered, in their discretion, to accept the pro-visions of the last	May ac-
	will and testament of said Woolsey in favor of the public roads	cept.
	of said county, and to take such steps as they may deem necessary
	and proper towards carrying the same into effect.
	SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That this act shall take effect	Effective.
	from the date of its passage.
	Approved February 20, 1890.

	CHAPTEE 44.
	AN ACT to repeal sections one hundred and seventy-four and
	one hundred and seventy-nine, of article twenty, of the Code
	of Public Local Laws, title "Somerset county," sub-title "Oys-
	ters," and to re-enact the same with amendments.
	SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
	That sections one hundred and seventy-fouir and one hundred and
	seventy-nine, of article twenty, of the Code of Public Local Laws,	Repeal.
	title "Somerset county," sub-title "Oysters," be and the same are
	hereby repealed and re-enacted so as to read as follows :
	174. Any person or persons violating any of the provisions
	of sections one hundred and seventy-one and one hundred and
	seventy-tw6, of this article, shall be fined for the first offense,
	not less than fifty nor more than two hundred dollars, and for
	second offense, at any time after conviction of the first offense,
	not less than one hundred nor more than five hundred dollars,
	and shall stand committed until fine and costs are paid, and on	Fine,
	information, under oath, of any violation of the provisions of said
	sections to any justice of the peace of Somerset county, he shall
	issue his warrant to the sheriff or constable of said county, re-
	quiring either of them to summon a posse comitatus if necessary,
	and to proceed at once to arrest the party or parties alleged to
	have been engaged in the violation of the provisions of said sec-
	tions, and forthwith bring the offender or offenders before some
	justice of the peace in and for Somerset county for a hearing,.
	and the said justice shall either give the case an immediate hear-
	ing, or he shall at the instance of the party or parties charged,
	appoint some day within the next seven days thereafter to hear
	the case, first requiring the defendant or defendants to give good.
	and sufficient bail for the appearance of the defendant or defen-
	dants, and the production of the vessel, if any shall be taken, at
	the trial; and if the defendant or defendants shall be found guilty
	. of violating any of the provisions of this sub-title within the