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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

tom, eighteen inches from inside to inside at
the top, and twenty-one inches diagonal from
the inside chime to the top, and the same shall
be even or struck measure.

SEC. 35. And be it enacted, That it shall be
the duty of the purchaser or seller to have and
use said measure or measures duly inspected
and sealed by the Inspector of Weights and
Measures in Baltimore city, or in the several
counties, and that no other measure shall be

Fine.

used under a forfeit of fifty dollars for each
and every offence, to be recovered before any
Justice of the Peace by criminal prosecution
against the party owning or furnishing such
measure, in the name of the State of Maryland,
before any court having criminal jurisdiction
in the county or city, or any Justice of the
Peace of the same; one-half of said fine to go
to the informer the other half to be paid to
the Comptroller, to be placed to the credit of
the Oyster Fund.

SEC. 36. And be it enacted, That if any boat
or vessel shall be seen sailing on any of the
waters of this State which are exempted from
dredging by law in the same manner in which
they sail to take or catch oysters with scoop,

Prima facie.

scrape, drag or dredge, or similar instrument,
the said boat or vessel shall be pursued by any
officer or officers authorized by this act to make
arrests; and if said boat or vessel apprehended
by said officer or officers shall be found to have
on board any wet oysters, or the dredges, or
dredge-line or deck wet, indicating the taking
of oysters at said time, and properly equipped
for taking or catching oysters with scoop,
scrape, drag or dredge, or similar instrument,
it shall be prima facie evidence that the said
boat or vessel has been used in violation of

Arrest.

this act, and it shall be the duty of the officer
to arrest the person in command of said boat
or vessel, and to seize the said boat or vessel,
together with all her equipments, and bring
the same before a Judge or Justice of the
Peace of the county having jurisdiction, or, if