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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

sums of money shall be paid over to the County

Commissioners of Queen Anne's county for the use

of the public schools.

SEC. 8. And be it enacted. That any one who has

taken out a license under the provisions of this act

be and he is hereby made an officer with power and

authority to arrest, without warrant, all persons

Power to ar-

rest.

who may be detected by him in violating any of

the provisions of this act, and to seize the box,

boats, decoys, tackle, and other furniture thus ille-

gally employed, and to carry such person or persons

before a justice of the peace of the said county, to be

dealt with according to its provisions.

SEC. 9. And be it enacted, That it shall be the

duty of the commanders of the sloops of the Oyster

Police Force in Chester river and the Eastern bay

to keep a vigilant lookout for persons violating any

of the provisions of this section, in connection with

Keep a vigi-

their other duties, and should they detect any one

lant lookout

in the illegal use of a sink box in any of the waters of

Queen Anne's county, to arrest the said person or per-
sons, and to seize the said sink box, boats, decoys,

and other furniture thus illegally employed, and to

carry such person or persons before a justice of the

peace of Queen Anne s county, to be dealt with ac-

cording to law.

SEC. 10. And be it enacted, That any person or

Fine for vio-

persons, after a fair and impartial trial before a jus-

lation.

tice of the peace of Queen Anne's county, shall be,

upon the judgment of the said justice, convicted of

having violated any of the preceding sections of this
act, the said justice shall impose a fine of not less

than twenty dollars or more than one hundred dol-

lars, and the said person or persons stand committed

to the county jail until said fine and costs are paid ;

provided that if said person or persons so convicted

are non-residents of the county, the said justice shall

Decree sale.

decree a sale of the said sink box, boats, decoys,

guns and other furniture thus illegally employed,

which sale shall be made by the officer making the

arrest, unless it be a commander of the State Fish-

ery Force, in which case the justice shall authorize