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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

constable of the said county, requiring the
officer to whom the said writ shall be directed
to summon a posse-comitatus if necessary, and
proceed at once to arrest the party or parties
alleged to have been engaged in violating any
of the provisions of this act, and forthwith
bring the offender or offenders before some jus-
tice of the peace for Somerset county for a,
hearing, and the party or parties accused, or the

May claim
Jury trial.

state's attorney, shall claim a jury trial, it shall
be the duty of the said justice of 'the peace to
give the case an immediate hearing, or at the
instance of the party or parties charged with
a violation of this act, shall appoint some early
day within the next seven days thereafter to
hear the case, the party or parties charged
giving such good and sufficient bail as said
justice shall require for his or their appearance
at the trial, and on conviction of the offender or
offenders the said justice shall fine said per-
son or persons in a sum not less than fifty nor
more than one hundred dollars, and costs in
each and every case, and shall have power to
commit to the jail of said county such offender
or offenders so convicted until such fine or fines
so imposed, and costs, shall be fully paid and

Right of ap-
peal.

satisfied, subject to. an appeal in all cases to the
circuit court for Somerset county, from any
judgment or conviction which may be rendered
by said justice of the peace.
SEC. 4. And be it enacted, That the several

Concurrent
jurisdiction.

justices of the peace for Somerset county and
the circuit court for said county shall have con-
current jurisdiction in the trial of any person
or persons for violating any of the provisions
of this act.
SEC. 5. And be it enacted, That it shall be the

Who to make
arrests.

duty of the sheriff, constable and officers of
the state fishery force, to arrest any person or
persons found violating any of the provisions of
this act, and bring the said person or persons
before a justice of the peace in said county, to
be dealt with as herein provided.
SEC. 6. And be it enacted, That all fines ac-

Fines— how
disposed.

cruing from the enforcement of this act shall
be paid, one-half to the informer in each and
every case, and one-half to the secretary and