WM. T. HAMILTON, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR.

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Chapter 14.

AN ACT to repeal chapter 405 of the Acts of the

General Assembly of Maryland, passed at the

January session, 1870, entitled " An Act to pro-

tect the Craighill Channel at the mouth of the

Patapsco river," and re-enact said act with amend-

ments, so as to provide for the protection of the

Craighill Channel and the cut-off between the

Brewerton and Craighill Channels at the mouth

of the Patapsco river.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assem-

bly of Maryland, That chapter 405 of the Acts of

the General Assembly of Maryland, passed at the

January session in 1870, entitled "An Act to protect

the Craighill Channel at the mouth of the Patapsco

river," be and the same is hereby repealed and re-

Repealed and

enacted so as to read as follows: That any person

re-enacted.

or persons dragging, raking or dredging for oysters

within five hundred yards of either edge of the new

channel-at the mouth of the Patapsco river, known

as the "Craighill Channel," extending from the

seven-foot knoll to the mouth of the Magothy river,

or within five hundred yards of either edge of the

cut-off connecting the Brewerton and Craighill Chan-

nels, shall forfeit his or their boat or vessel, and it

Forfeit boat or

shall be lawful for any justice of the peace of the

vessel.

county or city in which such person or persons shall

be arrested to try such person or persons, and on

conviction to condemn said boat or vessel, and

sell the same on five days' notice, and fine the said

offender or offenders a sum not less than five dollars

Fine— how
disposed.

nor more than twenty-five dollars for each and every

offence, and the said justice of the peace shall pay

over one-half of said fines and forfeitures to the in-

former, and the other half to the school board of said

county or city.

SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That this act shall take

Effective.

effect from the date of its passage.

Approved February 17, 1882.