ALBERT C. RITCHIE, GOVERNOR. 1477

SECTION 1. EG it enacted Ity the General Assembly of Mary-
land,, That Article 72 of the Annotated Code of Maryland,
title "Oysters," be and the same is hereby amended by adding
a new section to said Article to be known as Section 11A;
and that Sections 6, 17, 20, 25, and 79 of the said Ar-
ticle be and the same are hereby repealed and re-enacted
with amendments; and that Section 11 of said Article be and
the same is hereby repealed and a new Section 11 of said
Article 72 enacted in lieu thereof; said new sections and
amended sections in numerical order to read as follows:

Section 6. It shall be unlawful for any person or persons
who have obtained a license to take or catch oysters with rakes
or tongs to take or catch oysters in the waters of Queen
Anne's, Talbot, Anne Arundel and Dorchester Counties, or in
the waters of Kent County, exclusive of Swan Point Bar, or
within one and a half miles of Sandy Point, Hackett's Point,
Tolley's Point, Thomas' Point,, Holland's Island Bar and
Three Sisters and Holland's Point Bar with any implement
or device other than ordinary rakes and tongs with wooden
.-hafts, to be used entirely by hand, and without any ropes or
hoitsing gear whatever. Any person or persons violating any
one of the provisions of this section shall be liable to the penal-
ties prescribed in the preceding section for taking oysters with
rakes or tongs without license; and the waters within one and
a half miles of Sandy Point, Hackett's Point, Tolley's Point,
Thomas' Point, Holland's Island Bar and Three Sisters and
Holland's Point Bar shall be held and considered to be within
the limits of Anne Arundel County for the purpose of this
nection and Article.

Section 11. Any person violatnig any provision of Sections
S or 9 of this Article, and found having in his possession oys-
ters more than five per centum unmerchantable shall be deemed
giiilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction before any jus-
tice of the peace or court of competent jurisdiction, shall be
fined the sum of not less than $40 nor more than $200, or
confined in jail not less than 30 days nor more than six months,
either or both, and said cargo confiscated and returned to nat-
ural beds or bars under the supervision of the oyster inspector
or other officer making the arrest, and the boat or vessel shall
be held as security for the payment of said fine. If the boat
in which only oyster tongs are used, the said captain or other
person in charge shall be fined not less than $20 nor more