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appeal in the same manner and to the same extent that defendants
now have in case of convictions for misdemeanors.]

(2) Any person violating any of the provisions of §§ 698 (d),
698 (e), or 698 (f) shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon con-
viction thereof shall be fined not less than one hundred dollars ($100.)
nor more than five hundred dollars ($500.), or be imprisoned in the
house of correction not less than three months nor more than six
months, or both fined and imprisoned, at the discretion of the court;
and any boat, truck, trailer, or other conveyance, used in any such
violation may be seized by the Department of Tidewater Fisheries
and held until any fine assessed by the court be paid in full.

§ 717. Penalties.

(n) Soft-shell clams in Queen Anne's and Talbot counties.—Any
person violating any provisions of § 713 pertaining to the taking or
catching of soft-shell clams in or on any closed or prohibited area of
the waters of Queen Anne's or Talbot counties shall be deemed guilty
of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be fined not less
than one hundred dollars ($100.00) nor more than one thousand dol-
lars ($1,000.00), or be imprisoned in the house of correction not less
than three (3) months nor more than six (6) months, or be both fined
and imprisoned at the discretion of the court.

In addition thereto, at the discretion of the court hearing the case,
any boat, dredge, or other device, truck, trailer, or any other thing
appurtenant thereto, used in connection with the violation, may be
declared forfeited to the State of Maryland and delivered to the Com-
mission of Tidewater Fisheries for such disposition thereof as, in the
opinion of the said Commission, may be most advantageous to the
State. All moneys received from such fines, and from the disposition
of any forefeited boat, dredge, or other device, truck, trailer, or any
other thing appurtenant thereto, [when in such disposition a sale
thereof by the State of Maryland is involved,] shall be collected pur-
suant to the provisions of Article 26, § 155; however, if the same is
imposed by the circuit court of any county or Criminal Court of Bal-
timore, as the case may be, it shall be paid to the Comptroller of the
treasury, or his agents, and credited to the "Clam Fund."

Section 60. And be it further enacted, That Sections 228, 229,
and 244 of Article 66C of the Annotated Code of Maryland (1970
Replacement Volume), title "Natural Resources," subtitles "Birds
Game and Fish," and "Fish and Fisheries," be and they are hereby
repealed.

Section 61. And be it further enacted,, That Section 3 of Article
68 of the Annotated Code of Maryland (1970 Replacement Volume),
title "Notaries Public," be and it is hereby repealed and re-enacted,
with amendments, to read as follows:

§ 3. Administration of oaths; certificate under seal as evidence.

Each notary public shall have the power of administering oaths
according to law in all matters and cases of a civil nature in which
a justice of the peace [may] might have administered an oath prior
to July 5, 1971, and with the same effect; and a certificate under the
notarial seal of a notary public shall be sufficient evidence of his
having administered such oath in his character as notary public.