386 LAWS OF MARYLAND.

SEC. 112-A. Any person who shall dredge or otherwise take
oysters from any of the natural beds or bars in the waters of this
State, or neutral zones surrounding them, in violation of any of
the laws of this State, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor,
and upon indictment and conviction in any Circuit Court for
any County of this State, or in the Criminal Court of Baltimore
City, before which such case is tried, shall be subject to all the
penalties provided in Section 24 of this Article, for taking
oysters unlawfully within the provisions of certain Sections
therein referred to, and the Board of Public Works is hereby
authorized to purchase and maintain motor or other boats that
may be required by the State Fishery Force to enforce the pro-
visions of this Section, and to pay for the same out of the rev-
enues received under this Act.

SEC. 115-A. It shall be unlawful for any person other than a
lessee under this Act, or for any lessee under this Act, while he
shall be in default in payment of rent, to appropriate to him-
self for any purpose any of the barren bottoms under the waters
of this State, which are, by the provisions of this Act, subject
to lease, or to use such barren bottoms in any way for the pur-
pose of bedding, planting or cultivating oysters, and any per-
son violating any of the provisions of this Section shall be
deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon indictment and con-
viction in any Circuit Court of any County in this State, or in
the Criminal Court of Baltimore City, before which such case
is tried, shall be fined the sum of fifty dollars for each violation
thereof. Each day during which or in which any of the acts
prohibited by this Section may be performed shall constitute
a separate violation of its provisions. It shall be the duty of
the State's Attorney of the County having jurisdiction, or of
Baltimore City, at the request of the Board of Shell Fish Com-
missioners, to prosecute any one violating the provisions of this
Section. The net proceeds of fines collected under this Section
shall be applied as follows: One-half of the same shall be paid
to the informer, if any, and the remainder shall be applied ac-
cording to the provisions of Section 118 of this Article. Pro-
vided, however, that this Section shall not apply to the tem-
porary deposit of oysters at the owner's risk upon any of the
barren bottoms of this State not leased, if such oysters are re-
moved by the owner within three months from the time of such
deposit.

SEC. II. And be it enacted, That the following three Sections
be and they are hereby added to said Article 72 of the Code of