WM. T. HAMILTON', ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR.

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reserved to either the State or defendant from the

decision of said justice of the peace, or upon indict-

ment in the Circuit Court, be fined not less than

five nor more than twenty five dollars and costs,

Right of ap-
peal.

said fine to be paid to the justice of the peace who

may try such cause, or to the sheriff of the county,

to be paid by the said justice or sheriff to the public

school fund for said county.

SEC. 5. And be it enacted, That any person or

persons who shall use any boat, canoe or vessel to

catch oysters in any of the waters of said county not

authorized by this act, or without having been

licensed as hereinbefore provided, or for any other

violation of this act, shall, upon conviction thereof

before a justice of the peace, with the right of appeal

Time of taking

to either the State or defendant, to be taken within

appeal.

twenty days to the Circuit Court for said county,

the defendant or defendants giving bond with ap-

proved security for his or their appearance at the

first term of said Circuit Court held in said county

thereafter, or upon conviction thereof by indictment

in the Circuit Court for said county, be fined not

less than fifty nor more than one hundred dollars,

and stand committed until said fine and costs are

paid; and all fines arising from any violation of this

act shall be paid by the offender or offenders to the

justice of the peace trying said cause, or to the

Finos— how
disposed of.

sheriff of said county, by them to be paid into the

public school fund of said county; and a failure by

the said justice of the peace or sheriff to pay said

fine within thirty days after receipt of same to the

said public school fund, shall subject said justice or

sheriff to a fine double the amount of money received

by them, to be recovered by suit or indictment.

SEC. 6. And be it enacted, That it shall be

unlawful for tongmen or other persons to take or

catch any oysters for any purpose between the first

of May and the first of September in the waters of

Fishing bay and its tributaries and Honga river and

its tributaries, and that it shall be unlawful to catch

Unlawful for
tongrnen, etc.

oysters in the waters of Hooper's straits or Holland's

straits and Tar bay between the first day of May

and the first day of September of each and every year,

except for the purpose of bedding within the waters

of Dorchester county, or to the quantity of five

bushels per day for domestic use; and it shall be