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LAWS OP MARYLAND.

Authorized to

to the said Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Company

sell.

to sell, lease or otherwise dispose of the surplus

water of said canal any where within this State, for

such uses and purposes as they may deem judicious ;

provided however, that the full, free and unrestricted

navigation of said canal shall not thereby at any time

be hindered, lessened or impaired.

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

In force

effect from its passage.

Approved April 11th, 1874.

CHAPTER 348.

AN ACT to protect fish in the Great Gunpowder

River and its tributaries, within the limits of Balti-

more county.

SECTION 1. Se it enacted by the General Assembly of

Maryland, That from and after the passage of this

Not be lawful.

act, it shall not be lawful for any person or persons

to take, capture or destroy fish by seine, drag-net,

set-net, stir-net, fish-baskets or fish-pots, weirs or any

means or contrivances whatever of the nature of a

seine, which are known to destroy or capture fish,

or to destroy or capture them by shooting or striking

them on the ice, one mile above tide-water within

the limits of Baltimore county, in this State; pro-

vided, that it may be lawful to fish in any way in

any of the said tributaries one mile above the mouth

of said tributaries.

SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That any person or per-

sons so offending against the provisions of the pre-

Offending

ceding section, shall be liable upon conviction thereof,

by summary process, before any justice of the peace

of this State, in and for Baltimore county, to a pen-

alty of not less than ten nor more than thirty dollars ;

one-third to the informer, one-third to the constable

who may make the arrest, and the balance to the

Treasurer of Baltimore county, to be applied to road