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sions of said sections, the said Justice shall issue his warrant
for the arrest of the offender, and the seizure of the seine used
in violation of the said sections, which warrant shall be di-
rected to the Sheriff or State Game Warden, or Deputy Game
Warden, or any Constable of said county, requiring said of-
fender to be brought before him, and also all seines used in
violating said sections, whether the owner of the same be
known to him or not.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That no prosecution or
punishment for violations of this Article before this Act goes
into operation shall be waived or affected by its passage; and
be it further enacted, that this Act shall take effect from the
date of its passage.

Approved April 13, 1910.

CHAPTER 351.

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact with amendments Section 171
of Article 24 of the Code of Public Local Laws, entitled
"Worcester County," subtitle "Oysters and Fish," repealed
and re-enacted by Chapter 422 of the Acts of 1896.
SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-
land, That Section 171 of Article 24 of the Code of Public Local
Laws, entitled "Worcester County," subtitle "Oysters and
Fish," repealed and re-enacted by Chapter 422 of the Acts of
1896, be and the same is hereby repealed and re-enacted with
amendments so as to read as follows:

17d. Any resident of this State desiring to catch oysters
with rakes or tongs for sale in any of the waters of the Sine-
puxent Bay or its tributaries within the confines of Worcester
County shall first obtain by application to the Clerk of the Cir-
cuit Court for Worcester County a license, and such license
shall have effect from the first day of September in the year in
which it may have been obtained to the first day of May next
succeeding, and upon taking out said license, and not other-
wise, it shall be lawful for said citizen so obtaining the same to
take and remove oysters from the natural rocks in the waters
of said Sinepuxent Bay and its tributaries included in the
boundaries of said Worcester County, with rakes and tongs,
and not otherwise; but no person licensed as above, nor any
other person, shall take or remove any oysters from the waters
of said bay or its tributaries on any Sunday or in the night at
any season, nor during the day from the first day of May to the
first day of September; or any shells from natural rocks of
said bay at any time; provided, that nothing herein shall be