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ANNE ARUNDEL COUNTY.

court of Anne Arundel, by the act to which this is a supplement,

passed at November session, seventeen hundred and ninety-one,

and that after the passage of this act, the powers of the said

county court with regard to making contracts for keeping public

ferries at the county expense is hereby abrogated and made

void.

FISH.

AN ACT to protect the breed of Fish in Anne Arundel County.

1826, ch. 96.

Seines of a
certain de-
scription
not lawful
to be used.

SEC. 1. Be it enacted, by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That from and after the passage of this act, it shall not be law-
ful for any person or persons to use in the rivers or waters of
said county any seines or nets, the meshes of which shall be less

than one inch and a quarter square, except such seines or nets as

do not exceed ten fathoms in length.

Penalty on

SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That if any person or persons,

persons
using them.

shall after the passage of this act, use or haul in the rivers or

waters of the county aforesaid, any seine or net, exceeding the

length aforesaid, the meshes of which shall be less than one

inch and a quarter square, such person or persons so offending,

shall forfeit and pay, for each and every offence, the sum of

twenty dollars, to be recovered in the name of the state before

any justice of the peace, as other small debts are recovered, one-

half to the use of the informer, and the other half to the use of

the state, any act to the contrary notwithstanding.

Not to af-

SEC. 3. And be it enacted, That nothing in this act con-

fect seines
already knit

tained shall be construed to extend to, or affect those seines or

nets already knit,and owned by persons residing in said county.

FREE NEGROES.

The act of 1823, ch. 161, is merged in the act of 1831, ch. 323, ante

page 1068.

JURORS.

AN ACT to authorize the Levy Court of Anne Arundel County to Assess

and Levy a sum of money for the purposes therein mentioned. —

1807, ch. 108.

Levy au-
thorized to
pay ex-
penses ID-
car red by
attendance
of jurymen
at county
court.

SEC. I. Be it enacted, by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That the levy court of Anne Arundel county, be, and they are
hereby authorized and required, annually to levy on the assess-
able property in said county, a sum of money not exceeding
fifteen hundred dollars, to be applied to the payment and dis-
charge of the expenses incurred by the attendance of jurymen

at Anne Arundel county court.

To be de-
posited in
Farmers'
Bank.

SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That the said sum of money, when
so levied and collected, shall, by the said justices, be deposited
in the Farmers Bank of Maryland, and a certificate, signed by