1420 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 929

or any part thereof, on any boat or vessel to be used in taking,
buying or carrying seed oysters, and it shall be the duty of
the officer who issues said permit to first inspect said boat or
vessel and satisfy himself that no such appliance is on said
boat or vessel before he issues any permit; and any person
who shall have any scoop, scrape or dredge, or any part
thereof, on any boat or vessel engaged in catching, buying and
carrying seed oysters or oysters measuring less, than three
inches from hinge to mouth, and any owner or master of any
boat or vessel violating the provisions of this section by having
any scrape, scoop, or dredge, or any part thereof, on any boat or
vessel engaged in taking, catching, buying or carrying seed
oysters shall be fined not less than Two Hundred and Fifty
Dollars ($250. 00) nor more than Five Hundred Dollars
($500. 00), and in addition thereto, the boat or vessel so used
with its cargo and equipment be forfeited to the State wherein
such offender is convicted.

(f) It shall be unlawful for any person to take or catch
oysters from the Potomac River by means of a dredge or scrape,
or any instrument other than ordinary shaft or patent tongs
at any season of the year. Any person violating the provisions
of this section, upon conviction thereof, shall be confined in
the penitentiary for not less than one year nor more than three
years, or may be confined in jail not exceeding one year, and
fined not less than One Hundred Dollars ($100. 00), nor more
than One Thousand Dollars ($1, 000. 00), either or both, in the
discretion of the court or jury trying the case. In any prosecu-
tion of the violation of this section against the master or
commander of a boat, or any of his crew, or any person on
board thereof, proof that such boat was equipped with a crank,
dredge or scrape shall be prima facie evidence of the violation
of this section. Any boat, vessel or other craft, her tackle, ap-
parel, anchor, cables, rigging and appurtenances, and any
dredge, scrape or other instrument used in violation of the
provisions of this section shall, together with the cargo of
such boat, vessel or craft, be condemned as forfeited to the
State in proceedings, as provided for the enforcement of
forfeitures.

(g) All offenses committed against the provisions of this
section by persons not citizens and residents of either State
may be punished by any of the magistrates or courts of either
State having criminal jurisdiction.

The authorities of either State shall have the right to ex-
amine into the right of any person taking fish, oysters or
crabs in the Potomac. River, or having same in his possession;
and any person taking fish, oysters or crabs in the Potomac
River or having same in his possession shall exhibit his author-