JOHN WALTER SMITH, ESQ., GOVERNOR.

ter County," sub-title "Fish," to follow Section 1856, as
enacted by Chapter eighty, of the Acts of eighteen hundred
and ninety-two, to be numbered Section i85C, and to read as
follows :

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185C. It shall be unlawful for any person or persons not a
bona fide resident of Vienna election district, in Dorchester
County, to use any patent twine weir, or other twine weir,
pound net, fyke stick, weir stick, net, or hauling seine, for
the purpose of taking or catching fish, terrapins or turtles in
that part of Chicacomies River and' the waters flowing into it,
which runs and flows inside the lines of the said Vienna dis-
trict. It shall also be unlawful for the bona fide residents of
the said Vienna district to obstruct and occupy with any net,
weir or fyke, more than one-half the width of the said part of

Unlawful for
non-residents
to use twine
weir, pound
net, fyke stick,
etc., in
catching fish,
etc , in certain
rivers.

the said river; the width at any point at which a net, weir,
fyke, pound net or hauling seine may set, to be ascertained by
continuing the lines of the said part of the said river across
the mouth of all hollows, creeks, coves, inlets and guts, indent-
ing the said shore line, and in no case shall the water in the
said hollows, creeks, coves, inlets and guts be counted as
forming a part of the width of the said part of the said river,
and no patent twine weirs or other twine weirs, pound nets,
fyke, stick weirs, stick nets or hauling seines, shall be set

Unlawful for
bona fide
residents to
obstruct with
net for more
than certain
distance.

less than one hundred and fifty yards apart one from the other;
any person who shall violate any provision of this section
shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof
before a justice of the peace shall be fined not less than five
dollars nor more than fifty dollars and costs, at the discretion
of the justice of the peace before whom the same may be tried,
and shall be committed to the county jail until the fine and
costs are paid.

SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That this Act shall take effect
from the date of its passage.

Approved April 10, 1900.

CHAPTER 692.
AN ACT to refund to William Wood Cook certain money
paid by him to the Comptroller through Charles Lake,
Clerk of the Circuit Court for Dorchester County, in the
year 1895, for oyster packers' license.

Penalty for
violation.

WHEREAS, William Wood Cook on the twenty-third day
of December, 1895, paid Charles Lake, Clerk of the Circuit
Court of Dorchester County, the sum of twenty-three dollars

Oyster
canner's
license paid
in error.