FRANK BROWN, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR.

provisions of this section shall be deemed guilty of a mis-
demeanor.

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15. Any person who shall violate any provisions of sections
seven to fifteen, inclusive, of this article, except sections nine,
ten, ten A, eleven and thirteen, where the penalty is prescribed,
shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction

Violations.

thereof before any court or justice of the peace, shall be fined
not less than twenty-five dollars nor more than three hundred
dollars, in the discretion of the court or justice of the peace
by which such person shall be tried, or imprisoned in the
county or city jail, or in the house of correction, for not less
than one month nor more than twelve months, in the discretion
of the judge or justice of the peace trying the same; provided,
however, that any owner, master or person in charge of a
canoe, boat or vessel used in taking or catching oysters with
rakes or tongs, who shall be convicted of having in possession
on said canoe, boat or vessel, oysters containing more than five
per cent, of shells and small oysters, as provided in section
eight, shall be fined a sum not less than ten dollars nor more
than fifty dollars, in the discretion of the judge of the court
or the justice of the peace before whom such person shall be
tried; and one-half of every fine imposed for a violation of this
section shall be paid to the informer unless he be an officer of
the State Fishery Force.

Penalty.

16. It shall be unlawful for any person to take or catch
oysters on Sunday or at night; and any person violating this
section shall, on conviction thereof, be fined a sum of not less
than fifty dollars nor more than three hundred dollars, or
sentenced to the house of correction for a period of not less
than three months nor more than one year, or forfeit the boat,
vessel or canoe used in violation of this section, at the discre-
tion of the judge or justice of the peace trying the case.

Unlawful to
take oysters
on Sunday:
or at night.

17. The fines accruing under any of the provisions of this
article 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 Circuit Court of the particular county where
such fine may accrue, or to the clerk of the Criminal Court of
the city of Baltimore, if such fine shall accrue in said city ;
and it shall be the duty of the State's Attorney for the several
counties and for the city of Baltimore to keep an account of
said fines imposed, and to make a monthly report thereof to
the clerk of the Circuit Court of their respective counties, or
to said clerk of the Criminal Court, as the ease may be, and

Disposition of
fines.