THOMAS KING CARROLL,
ESQ. GOVERNOR.
1829.
shall be in common to each and every citizen of this
state.
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CHAP. 87.
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Sec. 10. And be it enacted,
That in taking or catching any
oysters or other shell fish, it shall not be lawful for any person
or persons, to use (except in the Chesapeake Bay and Potomac
River,) any drag, or rake on tongs, with more than
six teeth, prongs, or nails, on either side; or to take up, or
appropriate, to his or their use, any oyster bar, within the
waters of this state; and the person or persons who may be
detected in violating the fifth, sixth, seventh, eighth, ninth,
and tenth sections of this act, shall be subject to the penalty
provided for in the fifth section of this act.
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Using drags, &c.
prohibited.
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Sec. 11. And be it enacted,
That if any person shall catch
or take any oysters or shell fish within the limits or adopted
depot of any citizen of this state, as described by this act,
without permission first had and obtained from the proprietor
of such depot, every person so offending shall be deemed
guilty of a misdemeanor; and if such offender be a free person,
on conviction thereof, shall be adjudged to be fined not
exceeding fifty dollars, or imprisoned, or both, in the discretion
of the court before which any such person shall be tried
and convicted; and if such offender be a slave, on conviction
thereof before a single justice of the peace, such offender shall
be by such justice adjudged to suffer such punishment of whipping,
not exceeding forty lashes, as said justice shall think fit.
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Penalty for taking
oysters without
permission, &c.
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CHAPTER 88.
An act to repeal the third section of an act, entitled, an act for
the re-valuation of the Assessable Property in Prince Georges
County, passed at December session 1824, chapter 38,
and for other purposes.
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Passed Feb. 15, 1830.
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Sec. 1. Be it enacted by the
General Assembly of Maryland,
That the third section of the act, entitled, an act for the re-valuation
of the assessable property in Prince George's county,
passed at December session eighteen hundred and twenty-four,
chapter thirty eight be, and the same is hereby repealed.
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Repeal.
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Sec. 2. And be it enacted,
That all the powers lawfully
exercised by or vested in, the commissioners of the tax for
Prince George's county, and all the duties required by law to
be performed by them, shall be vested in, and exercised and
performed by the levy court of said county.
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Powers and duties
of commissioners
of tax transferred
to levy court.
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Sec. 3. And be it enacted,
That the levy court for Prince
George's county shall, on the second Monday in March next,
appoint a fit and proper person, who shall transact all the business,
and discharge all the duties now appertaining to the
several and respective offices of clerk of the levy court
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Appointment and
duties of clerk—
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