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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

forfeiture in all recognizance at any and all times of said court

in each particular case as follows : "Amount of bond collected,"

or what deposition he has made of said forfeited recognizance,

and each of said returns shall be signed by the sheriff of said

county, and the Clerk of the said court shall note upon the

criminal docket in each particular case thereon the returns

thus made to him by the said sheriff of said county, and upon

Penalty for

the failure of the sheriff to so make said returns as required

failure to
make such

by this Act, he shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and

returns.

upon conviction thereof shall pay a fine to the county for

each such offense not more than the sum of five hundred

dollars, to be imposed by the Circuit Court for Washington

County and collected as other fines are.

SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That this Act shall take effect

from the date of ts passage.

Approved April 8, 1904.

CHAPTER 372.

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact with amendments Chapter

543, Acts of 1902, title "Allegany County," sub-title "Fish

and Fishing," and to add an additional section thereto.

SECTION i. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-

Pertaining
to catching

land, That it shall be unlawful to take, catch or kill, have in

fish in Alle-

gany

possession, offer for sale or transport within Allegany County,

County.

any black bass of any kind of a size less than eight inches,

measuring from the tip of the nose to the end of the tail or

caudal fin; and any pickerel or perch, otherwise known as

wall-eyed pike and California salmon of a size less than four-

teen inches, measuring from the tip of the nose to the end

of the tail or caudal fin ; take, catch or kill the same in any

manner between the first day of April and the fifteenth day

of June in each and every year, under a penalty of five dollars

for each of said fish so taken, caught or killed or had in pos-

session for transport.

Fish pots,

SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That it shall be unlawful to

weirs, etc.,
unlawful.

construct in the waters of said county any fish pot, fish weir

or other like contrivance for taking of fish, under the penalty

of twenty-five dollars for each offense, and it shall be the

duty of the game warden or a deputy game warden to compel

the owner of user of such fish pot or fish weir or other like