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jail until such fine and costs are paid, but such imprisonment shall
not exceed twenty (20) days for each offense]. All fines and costs
shall be paid in accordance with Article 38, § 4- Any person convicted
for fishing without proper angler's license in possession while fishing
or using any other person's license, shall be confiscated and the person
upon whom it was found and the licensee shall be disbarred from
procuring an angler's license for a period of one year. Any person
found fishing or fishing for any species of fish in nontidal waters
and who, through inadvertence, has not the license on his or her per-
son at the time of arrest but who shall present same to the court
before whom he or she was convicted within five (5) days after con-
viction, and if said court, after making an investigation, finds said
license which is presented was duly issued prior to the apprehension
of said person, then at the discretion of said court the fine shall be
five dollars ($5.00) for each and every offense instead of ten dollars
($10.00) as herein prescribed for residents and twenty dollars
($20.00) as herein prescribed for nonresidents.

§ 230. Penalty for violation of this subtitle; suspension of license.

Any person found guilty for violating any of the provisions of this
subtitle, unless the penalty is provided in the section otherwise,
shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction be-
fore any [justice of the peace of this State or] court shall be fined not
less than twenty-five dollars ($25.00) nor more than one hundred
dollars ($100.00) and costs for each and every offense [or sentenced
to jail until such fine and costs have been paid]. All fines and costs
shall be paid in accordance with Article 38, § 4. A second convic-
tion within the same twelve-month period for a violation of any regu-
lation adopted by the Commission shall result in suspension of the
violator's license for a period of twelve months from the date of such
conviction.

§ 237. Duties of officers of the Commission of Tidewater Fisheries
DEPARTMENT OF CHESAPEAKE BAY AFFAIRS
and the Game and Inland Fish Commission FISH AND
WILDLIFE ADMINISTRATION.

It shall be the duty of the Commission of Tidewater Fisheries
DEPARTMENT OF CHESAPEAKE BAY AFFAIRS and its
deputy commanders and inspectors and of the Director of the
Game and Inland Fish Commission FISH AND WILDLIFE ADMIN-
ISTRATION and his deputies to see that the provisions of this sub-
title are not violated, to arrest all persons found violating any of the
provisions of said subtitle [and to take the said offender or offenders
to the nearest or most accessible justice of the peace qualified to try
same, to be dealt with according to law], and to seize any and all fish,
crabs and clams that may be caught, sold, offered for sale or are being
held in possession in violation of any of the provisions of this subtitle,
to be disposed of at the discretion of the Commission of Tidewater
Fisheries DEPARTMENT OF CHESAPEAKE BAY AFFAIRS to
the best interests of the State; and all boats, seines, nets or other
fishing outfit used or set for the purpose of using to violate this sub-
title shall be seized and dealt with as hereinafter provided.

§ 238. Arrest upon information.

Upon information given upon oath or affirmation to any [justice
of the peace] District Court judge of the violation of any section of