CHAPTER 198.
AN ACT for the protection of, and to regulate the
time and manner of catching and taking Fish and
Terrapins in that portion of the Potomac River,
between Maryland Point, in Charles county, and
Chiseldine's Island, in St. Mary's county.
SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of
Maryland, That it shall not he lawful for any person
or persons, except bona fide residents of diaries
county, to take or catch terrapins, or to haul a seine
in any of the inlets or tributaries of the Potomac
River, lying in diaries county, nor within five hun-
dred yards of the beach on the Potomac River, be-
tween Maryland Point, in diaries county, and
Chiseldine's Island, in St. Mary's county, nor in the
Wicomico River; provided, that persons owning or
occupying lands <? on the Wicomico River, or on the
Potomac River, or any tributaries thereof, in Charles
county, shall have the right to rent or otherwise
grant to non-residents of the county the privilege of
fishing on their shores, or within the prohibited line
on their water front; provided further, that any land-
owner desiring or intending to rent or grant the
privilege to fish on his water front, shall ascertain
and distinctly mark the line dividing his land and
water front from that of the adjoining landowner;
and the manner of marking said dividing line, shall
be by fixing a substantial stake or buoy, immedi-
ately on his dividing line, five hundred yards from
the beach, and another in the same line, half way
between the beach and the outer stake or buoy; and
where the water front is on a creek, the centre of
-the creek shall be marked in a similar manner, to
prevent an infringement on the rights of persons
owning the opposite shore.
SEC. 2. And be it emoted, That no person or persons
shall haul a seine more than eighty fathoms in length
in that portion of the Potomac River, between Mary-
land Point, in Charles county and Chiseldine's la-
land in St. Mary's county,' except from the fifteenth
day of March to the first day of June inclusive.
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Non-resid'nts
not to take or
catch terra-
pins.
Proviso.
Further
proviso.
Time in
which per-
sons may
haul seine.
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