ALBERT C. RITCHIE, GOVERNOR. 673

Section 109. All monies derived from the issuance of the
license heretofore provided for shall be remitted by the Clerk
of the Court issuing same to the Comptroller, together with
all fines imposed under Section 108 for violation of any of
the provisions of this law, and the Comptroller shall place
such license fees and fines to the credit of the "Con-
servation Fund, " and shall be disbursed by the Conservation
Commissioner so far as is necessary in paying the expenses
incurred by them in the protection or propagation of the
crab supply of this State, the balance, if any, to be used
in the discretion of the Commissioner for any of the objects
under his control.

Section 110. It shall be unlawful for any person or per-
sons to take, catch or have in his or their possession any hard
crabs, measuring less than five inches across the shell from
tip to tip of spike, or any peelers (which are hereby defined as
having a soft shell fully developed under the hard shell, on
which there is a pink line or rim on the edge of that part of the
back fin next to the outer section of this fin) measuring less
than three inches across the shell from tip to tip of spike, or
any soft crabs measuring less than three and a half inches
across the shell from tip to tip of spike; nor shall any person
or persons take, catch or have in his or their possession any
egg-bearing female crab, known as the spawn crab, sponge
crab, blooming female crab, or mother crab, nor any female
crab from which the egg pouch or bunion has been removed,
nor shall any person or persons take, catch or keep in floats
or in his or their possession any fat crab, or any crab known
as snot crab or green crab, or buckram crab (a crab that
has a paper shell). The provisions of this section shall apply
to all waters of the State of Maryland, and any person vio-
lating any provisions of this section shall be guilty of a mis-
demeanor and shall upon conviction be fined not less than
ten nor more than fifty dollars for each offense, and in
addition thereto the Deputy Commanders and Inspectors of
the State Fishery Force are hereby authorized to confiscate
and liberate into the waters of the State any fat crab, snot
crab, green crab, or buckram crab wherever found and held
in violation of this section, and, said officers are further au-
thorized to confiscate any hard crabs, peelers or soft crabs of
a size less than the measurements hereinbefore provided, wher-

ever found, and shall dispose of any crabs so confiscated under

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