JOHN WALTER SMITH, ESQ., GOVERNOR.

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length, all rock fish under ten inches in length, and all pike
fish tinder twelve inches in length shall be held and consid-
ered to be small and unmarketable fish within the meaning of
this section.

CHAP. 679.

155B. Any person who shall violate any provision of the
two preceding sections, or who shall expose for sale within the
limits of said county any white perch under seven inches in
length, any yellow perch under eight inches in length, any
rock fish under ten inches in length, any pike fish under
twelve inches in length, shall be arrested, and the boat, seine
or apparatus used in such unlawful proceeding by him shall
be seized, and upon conviction of such offense before any jus-
tice of the peace of said county, such offender shall be fined
not less than tive nor more than fifty dollars, one-fourth of
said fine to go to the informer, one-fourth to the constable or
sheriff making the arrest, and the remaining one-half to the
Board of Commissioners for said county, for school purposes;
in default of the payment of the fine aforesaid, the said boat,
seine, apparatus or material so seized shall be condemned and
sold to pay the said fine and costs, after ten days' notice thereof
by handbills posted near the place of seizure, at the Court
house door, and at the market house in Annapolis; and if the
owner of any property so seized shall be unknown, or shall
make his escape, or shall fail to appear within tive days after
such seizure, the said property so seized shall be condemned
and sold as hereinbefore provided; any party adjudged guilty
of the violation of the provisions of this section, or of the two
preceding sections of the sub-title, who feels himself aggrieved
thereby, shall have the right to appeal to the Circuit Court for
said county, as in case of appeal in civil cases from decisions
of justices of the peace, and subject to the same laws and rules
that govern in such other cases of appeal.
SEC. 3. And be it enacted, That this Act shall take effect
from the date of its passage.
Approved April 11, 1902.

CHAPTER 580.
AN ACT to pay William Brewer Gardiner a sum of money
due him by the State for work done under contract and
not paid.

Penalty
for violation

WHEREAS, William Brewer Gardiner contracted with the
State of Maryland to build the State House Lavatory, and at
the completion thereof there was due him two thousand and
six hundred and fifty-four dollars and seventy cents, of which

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Preamble.