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chapter three hundred and twenty, entitled " an act
for the protection of black bass and all other fish in
the Monocacy River and its tributaries, within the
limits of Frederick county, " be and the same is
hereby repealed and re-enacted so as to read as
follows :
1. From and after the passage of this act, it shall
not be lawful for any person or persons to take, cap-	Not lawful.
ture or destroy fish by seine or seines, dragnet or
dragnets, fish-baskets or fish pots, ell-weirs, brush or
fascine nets, or any means or contrivance whatever,
of the nature of a seine, which are known to destroy
or capture fish, in the Monocacy River, or any of its
tributaries, within the limits of Frederick county, in
the State ; provided, that it may be lawful to [lawful
to] take fish in any way in any of the said tributa-
ries, one mile above the mouth of such tributaries.
SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That this act shall take	In force
effect from the date of its passage.
Approved, March 31st, 1874.

CHAPTER 174.
AN ACT to pay to Banner Graves, of Washington
county, the sum of twenty dollars, pension due to
Joseph Graves, late of Washington county, de-
ceased, a soldier of the war of eighteen hundred
and twelve.
WHEREAS, Joseph Graves, late of Washington county, deceased, a soldier of the war of eighteen	Preamble.
hundred and twelve, departed this life intestate, leav-
ing no estate to be administered upon except the sum
of twenty dollars, being the amount due to him on a
pension from the State of Maryland, at the time of
his death, and whereas Banner Graves has paid the
funeral expenses of the deceased soldier, therefore —