CHAPTER 131.
AN" ACT for the better protection of oysters, clams,
terrapins and fish in Synepuxent Bay and its tribu-
taries, in Worcester county.
SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of
Maryland, That it shall be lawful for the citizens of
Maryland to take or remove oysters from the natural
rocks in the waters of Synepuxent Bay, or in any of
the tributaries thereof, included in the boundaries of
Worcester county, with rakes or tongs, provided
that this Act shall not authorize the taking and catch-
ing of oysters with rakes or tongs, or any other in-
strument, between the first day of June and the
fifteenth day of September in each year, which is
hereby expressly forbidden; and -provided that noth-
ing herein shall be so construed as to prevent any
person from catching or taking his or her own planted
oysters in the months aforesaid.
SEC. 2. Be it enacted. That it shall not be lawful for
any person or persons, other than citizens or actual
residents of Maryland, to haul or fish with any seine
or seines of any description, rake or catch oysters,
clams or terrapins, or plant oysters, in the waters of
Synepuxent Bay, or any of the tributaries thereof,
included in the boundaries of Worcester county.
SEC. 3. And be it enacted, That it shall be lawful
for all citizens and residents of the State of Maryland
to haul or fish with any seine or seines of any de-
scription in any of the aforesaid waters of Worces-
ter county, provided that the meshes of all seines ex-
ceeding one hundred fathoms in length, shall not be
less than one and a half inches square, which is
hereby expressly forbidden, and the use of which is
hereby made and declared unlawful.
SEC. 4. And be it enacted, That it shall be and is
hereby made unlawful for any person or persons to
stop up the mouth of any river, creek or cove by
means of a seine or gill net, so as to prevent fish from
passing in or out of said river, creek or cove.
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Remove
oysters.
Proviso.
Proviso-
Not lawful.
Fish with
seines.
Proviso.
Unlawful.
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