2026 JOURNAL OF PROCEEDINGS [Apr. 4

hinge to mouth of the shell, and provided also, that
said oysters may be sold only for the purposes now
permitted under the existing laws of Maryland, during
the season of the year above mentioned, and in addition
thereto to persons engaged in the industry of planting
and cultivating oysters within the area designated
by this Act; the same to be delivered only upon lands
which may have been leased under the provisions of
this Act for said purposes of planting and cultivation.

"Sec. 21. And be it enacted, That it shall not be
necessary for any holder of oyster land under this Act
to take out any license for dredging, scraping or tong-
ing, and oysters on such land may be taken up in such
manner as may be desired by the holder of such land.

"Sec. 22. And be it enacted. That any person who
shall wilfully and without authority take oysters from
ground leased under the provisions of this Act, or who
shall wilfully injure such ground in any manner, or
injure the oysters thereupon situated, or interfere with
the stakes, buoys or monuments marking the same,
shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon
conviction thereof, shall be sentenced to imprisonment
in jail or the penitentiary, in the discretion of the
Court, for a term not exceeding two years.

"Sec. 23. And be it enacted, That it shall be the duty
of all officers and members of the State Fishery Force,
to arrest persons violating this Act.

"Sec. 24. And be it enacted, That the revenues aris-
ing from the operation of this Act, shall be applied in
the following manner: First. To the payment of all
salaries, expenses, surveys, outlays and disbursement
authorized by this Act.

Second. The balance, if any, to be paid at the end of
each year into the treasury of the State, leaving, how-
ever, a balance at the end of each year of ten thous-
and dollars with the Shell Fish Commissioners, to be
applied to the current expenses of his office for the
ensuing year. All monies so paid as aforesaid into
the Treasury of the State, shall be placed to the credit
of a special fund, called the Special Road Fund.

"Sec. 25. And be it enacted, That the land beneath
the waters within the limits of Worcester County, be