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Session Laws, 1861
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1861, ISDEX.

   
 

CHAP.

SEC.

WORCESTER COUNTY— Not iawM for any

   

person to catch or take away oysters

   

from the waters of Synnapuxent

   

Bay, in Worcester county, between

   

the last day of April and the first

   

day of September, in any year, nor

   

shall any bysters be taken from any

   

part of said Bay during that time

   

to plant in any other part of the

   

waters thereof; nor shall it be law-

   

ful at any time to use rakes or

   

dredges in taking or catching oys-

   

ters in this Bay.

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Before it shall be lawful for any one

   

to catch or take oysters from said

   

Bay, they are to first obtain a written

   

permit from all the acting Justices

   

of the Peace in District number

   

three, so to do, which permit is to

   

expire on the last of April annually,

   

and shall limit the quantity to be

   

taken in any one week to ten bush-

   

els, and to be granted only to resi-

   

dents of this State; and any person

   

taking oysters from said Bay with-

   

out such permit, or exceeding the

   

quantity named therein, to be

   

deemed a violation of this act, each

   

justice of the peace to be entitled to

   

receive fifty cents for every permit so

   

granted,

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Any person violating this act upon

   

conviction, before a justice of the

   

peace, for every offence to forfeit and

   

pay to the informer the sum of ten

   

dollars, with all costs of prosecution;

   

and if a negro, and unable to pay

   

the fine, the justice of the peace

   

shall order the constable to inflict

   

upon his person not over thirty-nine

   

lashes.

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Act to take effect on and from the first

   

day of July next,

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