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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

article sixteen, of the Code of Public General Laws,

entitled " Chancery," be and the same is hereby
repealed so fur as the same relates to Baltimore city.

In force.

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

effect from the date of its passage.

Approved April 11th, 1874.

CHAPTER 313.

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact with amendments

the twenty-third section of the forty-first article of

the Code of Public General Laws, title "Fish and

Fisheries," sub-title "Patuxent."

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of

Repealed and
re-enacted

Maryland, That the twenty-third section, of the forty-

first article of the Code of Public General Laws, title

"Fish and Fisheries," sub-title "Patuxent," be and

the same is hereby repealed and re-enacted with

amendments so as to read as follows :

Shall not stake

23. No person shall stake down any seine or net

down.

across the Patuxent River for the purpose of taking

shad or herring; nor shall any person whip, thrash,

or beat the waters of the Patuxent River with poles

or any other instruments for the purpose of driving

fish into any seine or net; nor shall any person in

fishing in the said river, between the fifth day of

March and the fifteenth day of May, use any seine

or net with meshes of less size than one and three-

eighths of an inch square; or during the rest of the

year with any seine or net with meshes of a less size

than two inches square, and no person shall empty

any seine except in water twelve inches deep ; and

any person violating this section shall be subject to
the fine and forfeitures provided in the twenty-second

section of this, article.

In force.

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

effect from the date of its passage.

Approved April 11th, 1874.