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the vessel, float or boat continues after the half hour mentioned in
the preceding section shall be considered a new and separate offense.

1904, art. 39, sec. 26. 1888, art. 39, sec. 20. 1874, ch. 80. sec. 23 c.

26. The captain or owner of the vessel, float or boat referred to in
the two preceding sections shall be liable to pay said fine, and the
vessel, float or boat so anchored and stayed as above mentioned shall
also be liable to be seized and sold to pay any fines imposed under the
preceding section.

Ibid. sec. 27. 1888, art. 39, sec. 27. 1874, ch. 80, sec. 23 D.

27. If any such vessel, float or boat shall be wilfully, wantonly and
maliciously or from gross negligence sailed through any seine extended
in any of said fisheries, the skipper, captain or other person command-
ing such vessel, float or boat shall pay to the owner or holder of such
seine not less than twenty nor more than one hundred dollars, at the
discretion of the justice of the peace trying the case.

Ibid. sec. 28. 1888, art. 39, sec. 28. 1874, ch. 80, sec. 23 E.

28. If any person shall wilfully and maliciously put any stake,
log, stone, ballast or other obstruction in the berth or haul of any
fishery, he shall pay a fine not less than twenty nor more than one
hundred dollars, at the discretion of the justice of the peace trying the
case.

Ibid. sec. 29. 1888, art. 39, sec. 29. 1888, ch. 332, sec. 1.

29. It shall not be lawful for any person to catch or take fish in
the Patuxent river, or its tributaries, with purse seines except for
food purposes.*

Ibid. sec. 30. 1888, art. 39, sec. 30. 1888, ch. 332, sec. 2.

30. Any person wishing to catch or take fish in the Patuxent river
for food purposes, with purse seines, shall make application to a justice
of the peace in the county in which he resides for a permit, and shall
make oath or affirmation that he is a resident of said county, and that
he does not intend to catch fish for the purpose of manufacturing into
fertilizer, or to put upon the land in the raw state.*

Ibid. sec. 31. 1888, art. 39, sec. 31. 1888, ch. 332, sec. 3.

31. Any person wishing to set a fish trap or pound in the Patuxent
river, or its tributaries, shall make application to a justice of the
peace for the county in which he resides for a permit to put down
such trap, and shall make oath before such justice that he has been, a
bona fide resident of said county for twelve months immediately preced-
ing the date of such application.

*This section was repealed and re-enacted as to the Patuxent and its tributaries
between St. Mary's and Calvert counties, by the act of 1910, ch. 692 (p. 135).