1536 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 680

all the legal expenses of seizure, condemnation and sale, shall
be divided as follows, to wit: One-half to the informer and
the other half to the Commissioners of said county, for the
benefit of the school fund of said county; if, among the articles
so seized and condemned, there shall be a big or swivel gun,
the same shall not be sold, but shall at once be destroyed or
rendered useless by the officer in custody thereof.

532. No person shall at any time take, catch or trap, or
attempt to take, catch or trap, wild water-fowl, by nets of any
kind, within the Chesapeake Bay or any of its tributaries
within Harford, Cecil or Baltimore county, or within any of
the waters of said bay lying northward of a line drawn wester-
ly from the most southerly points of Cecil County bordering
on said bay, to the most southerly point of Baltimore County
bordering on said bay.

533. Any person violating any of the provisions of Section
532 upon conviction thereof before any justice of the peace
of the county where such violation took place, or on indictment
before the Circuit Court for said county, shall pay a fine of
not less than fifty nor more than two hundred dollars, in the
discretion of said justice or court, and in default of payment
of such fine shall be forthwith committed to the county jail for
the period of sixty days; and from the judgment of said jus-
tice there shall be the right of appeal to the Circuit Court for
the county where said justice resides; provided, said appeal
shall be taken within ten days from the date of the rendition
thereof; but execution thereon shall not be stayed unless the
party appealing shall give the usual appeal bond to the State
of Maryland in double the fine imposed and costs, with two
sureties, to be approved by said justice.

534. The Justices of the Peace of Harford, Cecil and Bal-
timore Counties, and the Circuit Court for each of said coun-
ties, shall have concurrent jurisdiction in all cases that may
arise under the provisions of Section 532, when the violation
of such provisions takes place on said bay; and when such vio-
lation takes place on any waters or streams forming the boun-
dary between any of said counties, the Justice of the Peace of
either of said counties bounding on said waters or streams, and
the Circuit Court for either of said counties, shall have con-
current jurisdiction; and any person arrested for the violation
of any of the provisions of these sections may be taken to either
of said counties, for commitment and trial; and from the judg-