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one thousand dollars of such stock shall have been subscribed for

and paid into the treasury of said corporation, the said corpora-

tion shall be authorized to begin operations and carry on the work

for which it is incorporated.

SEC. 4. And be it enacted, That the said corporation shall have

power to purchase or lease for a term of years, any coves or inlets

less than one hundred yards in width at their mouth, from the

Powers

owner or owners of the lands bordering on said coves or inlets, and

the same to hold and control for the purposes of propagating,

planting, cultivating and marketing oysters, and shall also have

and enjoy all the rights and privileges set out in article twenty-
three, of the Code of Public General Laws of this State, from sec-

tions fifty to eighty-five, both inclusive, and shall also have power to

erect dams or locks at the mouth of said coves or inlets to retain

the water therein; provided, however, that such dams or locks

shall not prevent the navigation of said coves or inlets.

SEC. 5. And be it enacted, That the said corporation shall own

and possess the oysters planted or grown in such coves and inlets,

To own.

and shall be authorized to cultivate, work and market the same

at such times and in such manner as they may think proper; any

person or persons taking or removing oysters from any such creek,

cove or inlet other than the authorized agents or employees of

said corporation shall, upon conviction, be subject to the penalty

prescribed in section forty-one, of article seventy-two, of the Code

of Public General Laws of this State.

Spective.

SEC. 6. And be it enacted, That this act shall take effect from

the date of its passage.

Approved April 8, 1890.

CHAPTER 523.

AN ACT to add an additional section to article twenty-seven, of

the Code of Public General Laws, title " Crimes and punish-

ments," sub-title " Drunkenness and disorderly conduct," to be

known as " Section sixty-eight A."

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,

That an additional section be added to article twenty-seven, of the

To add

Code of Public General Laws, title " Crimes and punishments,"

sub-title "Drunkenness and disorderly conduct," to be known as

"Section sixty-eight A."

68 A. Any person who shall keep a disorderly house, shall, on

Fine.

conviction thereof, be subject to a fine of not less than fifty dol-

lars nor more than three hundred dollars, or by imprisonment in

jail for not less than ten days nor more than six months, or by

both fine and imprisonment.