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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

CHAP. 711

Not necessary
to take out
license for
tonging
oysters.

Section 112. It shall not be necessary for any holder of
oyster land under this Act to take out any license for dredg-
ing, scraping or tonging oysters on any land so held by him,
and oysters on such land may be taken in any manner and
at such times as may be desired by the holder of such land
as allowed by the existing laws of this State.

Section 113. Any person who shall willfully and without
authority take or remove oysters from any land leased under

Penalty for
violation of
law.

the provisions of this Act, or shall willfully injure or inter-
fere with the oysters of such land in any manner, or injure
the oysters thereupon situated, or remove, alter or interfere
with the stakes, buoys or monuments marking the same,
shall, upon conviction thereof, for the first offense, be sen-
tenced to imprisonment in jail or in the penitentiary, in the
discretion of the Court, for not less than three months and
not more than two years, and for the second, or any subse-
quent offense, be sentenced to imprisonment in the peniten-
tiary for not less than two years and not more than five
years.

Section 114. Any person who shall work a dredge, scrape
or pair of tongs, or any other implement for the taking of

Penalty for
violation of
law.

oysters upon any land leased under the provisions of this
Act without the consent of the lessee or owner, or who shall,
while upon or sailing over any such ground or bed, cast,
haul, or have overboard any such dredge, scrape or pair of
tongs or other implement for the taking of oysters, under
any pretense, or for any purpose whatever, without the con-
sent of such lessee or owner, upon conviction thereof, shall,
for the first offense, be fined not less than fifty dollars, nor
more than two hundred and fifty dollars, or, in the discre-
tion of the court, be imprisoned in jail or in the penitentiary
for not less than three months, nor more than one year, or
shall be both so fined and imprisoned, and for the second or
any subsequent offense shall be sentenced to imprisonment
in the penitentiary for not less than two years nor more
than five years.

Section 115. Any person who shall make his boat fast to

Unlawful to
fasten boat
to State
buoy, etc.

a State buoy or remove the same, or in any manner interfere
therewith, the same shall, in the discretion of the court, upon
conviction thereof, be sentenced to the penitentiary for a
term of not less than one year or more than two years.