HENRY LLOYD, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR.

catch oysters with rakes or tongs shall be is-
sued to any boat or vessel which is licensed to
take or catch oysters with scoop, drag, dredge,
or any similar instrument.

SEC. 21. And be it enacted, That if any per-
son shall use any canoe or boat not licensed
as required by the preceding sections of this
article, in taking or catching oysters with rakes
or tongs he shall, upon conviction thereof be-
fore a Justice of the Peace for the county
wherein the offence has been committed, be

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fined not less than twenty nor more than one
hundred dollars, and in case of refusing to pay
the said fine said party shall be confined in
the House of Correction for a period of not less
than three months nor more than one year,
and in any such case the boat or vessel shall
be forfeited and may be condemned, in the
discretion of the Judge or Justice of the Peace,
in the manner provided in section eleven of
this act; the license granted for the present
season, and now in force to the fifteenth of
April, shall be continued in force to April
twenty-fifth.

SEC. 22. And be it enacted, That all moneys
received or obtained from dredging licenses
Issued under the provisions of this act, and all
fines, penalties or forfeitures imposed in pur-
suance of this act, shall, upon the warrant of
the Comptroller, be paid into the Treasury and
placed to the credit of a fund which shall be
called " The Oyster Fund," and the same shall
be kept separate and distinct from other funds
in the Treasury, and shall only be drawn upon

Fine for vio-
lation.

for the purpose of maintaining sufficient and
proper police regulations for the protection of
fish and oysters in Maryland waters and in
payment of the officers and men, and keeping
in repair and supplying the necessary means
of sailing the boats and vessels of the State
Fishery Force; and the Comptroller is hereby
required to state in his annual report, particu-
larly the receipts and expenditures on account
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To credit of
oyster fund.