FRANK BROWN, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR.

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plying with the requirements of the law of the State of
which they are citizens, for the taking of oysters from the
waters of such State; and any citizen of either State who
takes oysters in the Potomac river without having complied
with the requirements of the law of his State as to the taking
of oysters in its own waters, shall be considered guilty of
violating the laws of the State of which he is a citizen, and
shall be prosecuted according to such laws.

Citizens to
comply with
laws of their
State.

54. All offences committed against the provisions of sections
fifty-one, fifty-two and fifty-three, by persona not citizens and
residents as aforesaid of either State, may be punished by any
of the justices of the peace or courts of either State having
criminal jurisdiction. All offences committed by citizens of
either State shall be punished by any of the justices of the
peace or courts of the State of which they are citizens, having
criminal jurisdiction; the authorities of either State shall have
the right to examine into the right of any person taking
oysters in the Potomac river, and all persons taking oysters in
the Potomac river shall exhibit their authority for so doing
whenever required by the police or other legal authority of
either State; the legal authorities of either State shall have
the right to arrest any offender against said sections in the
Potomac river, and to pursue such offender beyond the
boundary line of either State upon navigable waters and arrest
him wherever found upon such waters.

Violations of
secs. 51-53.

55. The penalties imposed by sections 51, 52 and 53, shall
be recovered before any justice of the peace of either State,
in any county of either State, with the right to the State or
the defendant to appeal to the Circuit Court for the county in
which such cause has been tried, or to the Criminal Court of
Baltimore, if tried in Baltimore city, or in the Hustings Court
of the city, if tried in a city of Virginia; the parties and
vessels charged may be arrested without warrant and carried
before any justice of the peace; the justice shall cause a guard
to be put upon the vessel, and the parties charged to be con-
fined in jail or bailed; upon co.iviction the offender shall be
committed to jail until the fine is paid, and the vessel shall be
sold at public auction by the sheriff of the county or city for
cash after ten days' notice; in case of appeal the appellant
shall remain in custody and the vessel shall be sold as above
provided, unless recognizance be entered into for double the
amount of the fine and double the value of the vessel, condi-
tioned for the performance of the final judgment of the court ;

Recovery of
penalties.