EMERSON C. HARRINGTON, GOVERNOR. 1529

Section 507, shall, on conviction thereof before a justice of
the peace, be fined not less than fifty dollars and not more
than one hundred dollars, for each and every violation thereof;
one-half of said fine to be paid to the informer, and the other
half to the school commissioners of the county in which said
offense may be committed, for school purposes.

512. The clerk of the Circuit Court who shall issue a license,
in compliance with the requirements of Section 507, shall be
entitled to charge and receive seventy-five cents for issuing the
same; and each of the clerks of the said circuit courts shall
keep a register of the name and residences of the persons to
whom he shall issue licenses, also the name and number of
each sink-box and sneak-boat, for the use of which he may
issue a license, and also a correct account of the sum of money
paid by each person receiving a license; and the official bond
of said clerks shall be liable, respectively, for the monies re-
ceived by them for such licenses.

513. The board of special police, appointed by Section
516, are constituted officers of this State, for the purpose of
enforcing the provisions of Sections 498-522, inclusive, by ar-
resting and taking before any judge of any circuit court or
any justice of the peace, all persons who may be engaged in
violating, or who may have violated any of the provisions of
said sections, and of seizing any sink-boat, sneak-boat or ves-
sel, or craft of any description engaged in violating, or which
may have been used in violating the same; and every person
in whose use or possession a gun may be found, on the waters
aforesaid, of a larger size than is allowed and described in
Section 504, shall be deemed guilty of a violation thereof, and
shall be fined not less than one hundred dollars, and shall also
forfeit such unlawful gun found in his possession.

514. Upon information being given, under oath, to any
justice of the peace of either Harford or Cecil County, of any
violation of any of the provisions of Sections 498-522, inclu-
sive, the justice of the peace shall issue his warrant for the
arrest of the offender, and the seizure of all sink boxes, sneak-
boats, vessels, or other crafts, used or employed in such viola-
tion, together with all tackle, apparel and other property on
board, which warrant shall be directed to the sheriff or any
constable of the county, or to one or more of the special police
appointed under the provisions of Section 516; and any person
resisting an officer, or other person authorized to make arrests
and seizures under said sections, shall be guilty of a misde-