ROBERT M. McLANE, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR.

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derailed; one-fourth of the proceeds of such sale shall

be paid to the party making the capture, including the
officers and crews of the fishery force, and the balance

Disposition of
prooeedn.

shall be paid into the treasury of the state to be cred-

ited to the oyster fund.

SEC. 13. And be it enacted, That the fines accruing

under this act shall be paid by the sheriff, constable or

officers of the state fishery force collecting the same,

within ten days, to the clerk of the county or city

Fines paid to
clerk.

where such fine may accrue, and such clerk shall ac-

count for the same in his next quarterly return to the

comptroller of the treasury to be placed to the credit

of the oyster fund.

SEC. 14. And be it enacted, That it shall be unlawful,

without authority from the owner, for any person or

Unlawful to
catch or take

persons to take or catch planted or bedded oysters,

bedded oysters.

knowing them to be so planted or bedded. Any per-

son or persons violating the provisions of this section

shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and on con-

viction in the circuit court for the county wherein the

oysters were bedded, shall be fined not less than five

Penalty.

dollars nor more than fifty dollars, or be sentenced to

the House of Correction for a term of not less than

three months nor more than three years, at the discre-

tion of the judge or justice trying the same.

SEC. 15. And be it enacted, That it shall be unlaw-

ful for any person or persons to take or catch oysters, or

to have oysters in possession between the fifteenth day

When unlawful

of April, and the first day of September, in each and

every year; provided, that if oysters are caught before

the fifteenth day of April, they may be disposed of at

any time before the twenty-fifth day of the same

month; any person violating this section shall be
deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and fined by a jus-

tice of the peace of the county wherein the offense

was committed, not less than fifty dollars, nor more

Penalty.

than two hundred dollars, or imprisonment in the

House of Correction for not less than three months nor

more than three years.

SEC. 16. And be it enacted. That it shall be unlaw-

ful for any person or persons to take or catch oysters

on Sunday or at night, at any time during any season,

When unlawful

or to carry oysters, in the shell, between the fifteenth

day of April and the first day of September, and any

person, or persons violating this section, shall be fined

a sum of not less than fifty dollars, nor more than.