ROBERT M. McLANE, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR.

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alty of not less than five dollars nor more than fifty

dollars for each offence; and on conviction, before a

justice of the peace in and for said Worcester county,

shall be committed to the county jail until such pen-

alty be paid, but such imprisonment shall not exceed

one day for each dollar of penalty imposed.

SEC. 3. And be it enacted, That no person or com-

pany shall capture or kill any wild fowl, by the use of

nets set on their feeding grounds, under a penalty of
not less than five dollars nor more than fifty dollars

The use of nets
prohibited for

for each offence, or by imprisonment not to exceed

catching.

fifty days, or by both such fine and imprisonment,

in the discretion of the justice of the peace before

whom it shall be tried.

SEC. 4. And be it enacted, That the county com-

missioners of Worcester county shall have authority

to offer and order paid such reward, not to exceed

twenty-five dollars, as they shall deem proper, for evi-

Power to otter

dence resulting in conviction for offenses committed

reward.

against the provisions of this act, and all other statutes

now in force, or that may be hereafter enacted, relating

to the preservation and capture of game and wild fowl

in Worcester county.

Approved April 8, 1884.

Chapter 314.

AN ACT to authorize the County Commissioners of

Charles county to pay James F. Mathews, late

State's Attorney of said county, such additional

compensation as in their judgment may be proper,

for professional services rendered to the committee

of the grand jury of said county in its investigation

of the books and accounts of the County Commis-

sioners of Charles county.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly

of Maryland, That the county commissioners of

Commission-
ers authorized

Charles county be and they are hereby authorized to

to pay for ser-
vices rendered.

pay to James F. Mathews, late state's attorney of said