JOHN LEE CARROLL, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR. 207
CHAPTER 134.
AN ACT regulating and making lawful the setting
of pound nets in the waters of the Elk, Sassafras
and Bohemia Rivers, and their tributaries in Cecil
county.
SECTION 1. Be, it enacted by the General Assembly of
Maryland, That on and after the passage of this act,
it shall be lawful for any owner or owners of land
bordering upon the waters of the Elk, Sassafras and
Bohemia Rivers, and their tributaries, lying and
being within the limits of Cecil county, or to whom-
soever they may extend the privilege to take or catch
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Not lawful.
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fish from nets or traps known as pound nets; provided
however, that it shall not be lawful to take or catch
fish with such pound nets as aforesaid, except in the
months of March, April and May of each year; and
provided further, that such pound nets shall not ex-
tend to or across any channel, nor shall they be so
placed as to in anywise obstruct the passage of any
vessel or boat, engaged in trading in said waters, nor
shall any seine or net be used in that portion of said
pound nets that confines the fish, the meshes of which
are less than one and a quarter inches square, nor
shall any stake or post be used in placing said pound
nets of a greater diameter than four inches in the
largest part, nor shall such stake or post be permitted
to remain in said waters for a longer period than that
prescribed in this act, for the placing of said pound
nets.
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Proviso.
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SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That this act shall not be
construed to permit any person or persons to place
such pound nets opposite the shore of any owner or
owners of land bordering on said waters, unless the
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Not be con-
strued.
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consent of such owner, or owners is first obtained,
nor shall any such pound net be so placed as to ob-
struct the hawling of any seine upon any established
fishing shore on said waters.
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Obtain con-
sent.
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SEC. 3. And be it enacted, That any person violating
the provisions of this act, shall forfeit the seine or
nets, and the boat and materials used in fishing the
seine, and shall in addition pay a fine of twenty dol-
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Shall forfeit.
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