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An Act to amend the act, entitled, an act to amend and reduce into one act all acts and parts of acts to prevent the destruction of oysters 1833 96 (1833)

handle is hein.slavery/ssactsva0456 and id is 1 raw text is: 96 Fish and Wild Fowl.-Oysters.--Mills, Dams, eyc. CuAP. 7.-An ACT to amend the act concerning the preservation of fbh and wild fowl, passed 2d March, 1833. (raised Mlarch 4,1834., conty of woot- 1. Be it enacted by the general assembly, That the provision in thdo 1,2,to tde second section of the act, entitled, ' an act to amend the se- Pot,,wmc, ox- cond section of the act, entitled, ' an act providing for the preser- eupt frolm opera.- act re. vation of fish and wild fowl in the waters of tli Potowmac river, ,irip destre- and its tributary streams,' ' passed the second of March, eighteen i 0 crtll hundred and thirty-three, mading-it the duty of any magistrate in Ac%. 18,3204 ch. es . , p.,51, this comnonwealth, residing in any county bordering on the Po- towmac, or the waters of the same, to issue his warrant, and to cause all persons to be apprehended, who arel'ound in possession of such guns as cannot be shot from the shoulder at arms length ; and the magistrates so causing the offenders to be apprehended, shall have their guns destroyed, and rendered unfit for use, shall not here- after be deemed, taken or holden to extend or apply to persons re- siding on or near the waters of the Potowmac river, and its tribu- tary streams, in the county of Westmoreland, and the counties below Westmoreland, on the Potowmac river. Cornmencoment. 2. This act shall be in force from and after its passing. CHAP. 77.-An ACT to amend the act, entitled, an act to amend and reduce into one act all acts and parts of acts to prevent the destruction of oysters, passed March 24th, 1831. (Pamled March 12, .I2.) Oysters not to ba 1. Be it enacted by the general assembly, That if any person caugitwithin cer-shall take or catch oysters, except for the use of his, her or their lain ioriodii, inl Nortliriver, Dist families, in North river, East river, or any of the waters of Mock- river, or waters of Alockjnck bay. jack bay, at tiny time between the first day of lay and the first 11onal how ae- day of September in any year, every such person so oftending, shall for every such offonce, fbrfeit and pay the sum of twenty dollars, to be recovered by warrant before any justice of the peace either of Gloucester or Mathevs counly, the one half to the infbrmer and the other to the 1commonwealth fbr (he benefit of the literary fund. luantcre, mis- 2. Any master, mistress or employer of aRoy slave, who shall with tlaves . of the consent of such master, mistress or employeri, violate the provi- iplave,, answerale for their acts. slons of this act, (to establish which no previous conviction of the slave shall be necessary,) shall be held answerable for such act of his, her or their slave, as if such act was committed by such mas- ter, mistress or employer in person, and subject to the same penal- ties and forfeitures. Cummencernent. 3. This act shall bo in force from its passage. CHiAP. 78.-An ACT to amend an act, entitled, an act to reduce into one act the several acts concerning mills and mill.dams, and other obstructions to water courses, passed the second of March, 1820. (Passd January 4, 1811.) CourtMr ysubject 1. Be it enacted by the general assembly, That hereafter, when r.rty alplyin., for • , eave toct race leave shall be granted by virtue of the act, passed the second day or canal under of March, eighteen hundred and twenty-six, to cut a race or canal conditions. 8p. It. 0. pp. through the lands of another for the purposes in the said act con- 493 templated, the court granting the leave may lay the party applying for the same under such terms and conditions as in the exercise of Rteservation to a sound discretion it may think proper, and shall reserve leave to reprier to elect the p land said ra or FeocIlng ani propietor of the through which the canal bridges, &c.

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