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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

dred dollars, and costs and expenses for each and every

violation of the preceding sections, in. the discretion

of the court.

SEC. 8. And be it enacted. That upon information,

given under oath to any judge of the circuit court or

justice of the peace, of any violation of any of the

Issue warrant.

provisions of this act, ho shall issue his warrant to the

sheriff or any constable, requiring any of them to

whom it may be directed to summon a posse comitatis,

if necessary, and proceed forthwith to arrest the party

or parties alleged to have been engaged in the violation

of this act, and to seize and to take possession of any

boat, canoe or vessel, together with all her tackle and

apparel on board of the same, and deliver the same to

the judge of the circuit court or a justice of the peace

of this state, to be dealt with according to the pro-

Proviso.

visions of this act, provided that any justice of the

peace before whom any person is brought charged

with a violation of this act, the punishment for which

is imprisonment in the penitentiary, shall grant the

parties charged a speedy hearing, and if, in his judg-

ment, the facts appear to warrant a conviction, he

Hold parties.

shall hold the parties charged for their appearance

before the grand jury of the county for which he is

appointed at the succeeding jury term of the circuit

court.

SEC. 9. And be it enacted, That any person or per-

sons who shall resist any officer authorized under this

act to make arrest shall be deemed guilty of a felony,

and upon indictment and conviction thereof in any

Penalty for re-

court having jurisdiction shall be imprisoned in the

sisting

penitentiary for not less than one year nor more than

three years, in the discretion of the court; the parties

tried and acquitted under this act shall have the cost

of such trial paid by the comptroller of the state out
of the funds created by this act.

SEC. 10. And be it enacted, That it shall be the

duty of the sheriff, constable or officers of the state

fishery force to arrest any person or persons, and to

Duty of sheriff

seize any canoe, boat or vessel found violating any of

the provisions of this act, and bring the offender or

offenders before a judge of the court having criminal

jurisdiction, or a justice of the peace most convenient

or accessible, to be dealt with as herein provided.

SEC. 11. And be it enacted, That the judge or jus-

tice of the peace before whom any person or persons,