ART. 72] OYSTER CULTURE. 791

1912, ch. 530, sec. 112A. 1914, ch. 265, sec. 112A.

114A. Any person who shall dredge or otherwise take oysters from
any of the natural beds or bars in the waters of this State, or neutral
zones surrounding them, in violation of any of the laws of this State,
shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon indictment and con-
viction in any Circuit Court for any County of this State, or in the
Criminal Court of Baltimore City, before which such case is tried,
shall be subject to all the penalties provided in Section 25 of this
Article, for taking oysters unlawfully within the provisions of certain
Sections therein referred to, and the Board of Public Works is hereby
authorized to purchase and maintain motor or other boats that may
be required by the State Fishery Force to enforce the provisions of .this
Section, and to pay for the same out of the revenues received under
this sub-title.

1912, ch. 539, sec. 115A. 1914, ch. 205, sec. 115A.

117A. It shall be unlawful for any person other than a lessee under
this sub-title, or for any lessee under this sub-title, while he shall be
in default in payment of rent, to appropriate to himself for any purpose
any of the barren bottoms under the waters of this State, which are,
by the provisions of this sub-title, subject to lease, or to use such barren
bottoms in any way for the purpose of bedding, planting or cultivating
oysters, and any person violating any of the provisions of this Section
shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon indictment and
conviction in any Circuit Court of any County in this State, or in the
Criminal Court of Baltimore City, before which such case is tried,
shall be fined the sum of fifty dollars for each violation thereof. Each
day during which or in which any of the acts prohibited by this Sec-
tion may be performed shall constitute a separate violation of its pro-
visions. It shall be the duty of the State's Attorney of the County hav-
ing jurisdiction, or of Baltimore City, at the request of the Board of
Shell Fish Commissioners, to prosecute any one violating the provi-
sions of this Section. The net proceeds of fines collected under this
Section shall be applied as follows: One-half of the same shall be
paid to the informer, if any, and the remainder shall be applied accord-
ing to the provisions of Section 120 of this Article. Provided, how-
ever, that this Section shall not apply to the temporary deposit of oys-
ters at the owner's risk upon any of the barren bottoms of this State
not leased, if such oysters are removed by the owner within three months
from the time of such deposit.

1906, ch. 711, sec. 116. 1912. ch. 539, sec. 116.

118. In addition to other penalties herein provided, any person
convicted of a violation of this sub-title under either of the six preced-
ing sections (sections 114A to 117A, both inclusive), shall be and is
hereby denied the right to take out any license to dredge scrape or