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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

hand and seal, to be filed and recorded in the
clerk's office of the county where the lands lie,
a certified copy of which, under the hand of the
clerk and the seal of his office, shall be evidence
of the right to fish in the waters opposite the
shores described thereon, to non-residents of
said counties, the privilege of fishing in or op-
posite their shores during the fishing season,
hereinbefore limited and fixed, under all the re-
strictions hereinbefore provided, and, further

Privileged to
fish with hook
and line

provided, that the right to take fish with hook
and line shall be allowed to all persons at all
times.
SEC. 6. And be it enacted, That upon the in-
formation of any citizen of either of said

Docket a ease.

counties, that he knows or verily believes that
any person or persons have violated any of the
provisions of this act, before any justice of the
peace of Queen Anne's county, if the offence oc-
curred in Eastern bay or its tributaries, within
the jurisdictional limits of Queen Anne's county,
or if the offence occurred in Chester river or
any of its tributaries, before a justice of the
peace of either of said counties, the said justice
of the peace shall docket a case in the name of
the State of Maryland against such person or
persons so charged by oath as offending, and
issue a warrant at once to some one of the
constables or sheriff of such county, for the
arrest of the party or parties charged in said oath
with the violation of this act, to be brought be-

May seize
boat, &c.

fore such justice for trial, and said constable or
sheriff shall seize the boat, tackle, nets and
other equipments owned by or in the possession
of such person or persons so charged with the
violation of this act. when such violation oc-
curred, or at the time of such arrest, and safely
keep such property so taken during the time
pending the trial for such offence so charged,
and if upon such trial the justice of the peace
shall enter judgment for the state, such person
or persons as against whom such judgment
shall be rendered, shall be fined not less than

Fine— dis-
posal of.

twenty nor more than fifty dollars for each and
every offence, in the discretion of the said jus-
tice of the peace ; one-half of which fine shall
be paid to the informer, the other half to the