J. MILLARD TAWES, GOVERNOR                          1331

IN OR ON THE WAY TO OR RETURNING FROM A BONA FIDE
TRAP SHOOT, OR OTHER SPORT SHOOTING EVENT*, OR ANY
ORGANIZED CIVIC OR MILITARY ACTIVITY.

Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take effect
June 1, 1959.

Approved April 28, 1959.

CHAPTER 803
(House Bill 898)

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Section 715 (b)
of Article 66C of the Annotated Code of Maryland (1957 Edition),
title "Natural Resources", sub-title "Oysters and Clams", and to
add new Section 715A to said Article and sub-title, to follow im-
mediately after Section 715 thereof; providing for the dredging
of soft shell clams in the waters of Kent County; providing for
the adoption and promulgation by the Commission of Tidewater
Fisheries of rules and regulations to govern the soft shell clam
industry and its operations; providing for licenses and fees
therefor to dredge soft shell clams; providing for the imposition
of a tax per bushel on all soft shell clams taken or caught; pro-
viding for certain restricted areas and times for the taking of
said clams; and providing further for penalties for violations of
these sections and of the rules and regulations of the Commission
of Tidewater Fisheries; and relating generally to the taking or
catching of soft shell clams in Kent County.

Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That Section 715 (b) of Article 66C of the Annotated Code of Mary-
land (1957 Edition), title "Natural Resources", sub-title "Oysters
and Clams", be and it is hereby repealed and re-enacted, with amend-
ments, and that a new Section 715A be and it is hereby added to said
Article and sub-title, to follow immediately after Section 715 thereof,
and all to read as follows:

715.

(b) Somerset, [Kent,] Charles and St. Mary's counties.—It shall
be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation to take, catch or
dredge soft shell clams (mya arenaria) from any county waters of
Somerset, [Kent,] Charles and St. Mary's counties by the use of
any hydraulic or mechanical dredges. Any such person, firm or corpo-
ration so doing shall, upon conviction thereof before any justice of
the peace, be fined $500.00 and costs.

715A. Soft Shell Clams.

(a) Authority for Taking or Catching Soft Shell Clams.—It shall
be unlawful for any person to take or catch soft shell clams (Mya

Explanation: Italics indicate new matter added to existing law.

[Brackets] indicate matter stricken from existing law.

CAPITALS indicate amendments to bill.

Strike out indicates matter stricken out of bill.