1028 FISH AND FISHERIES. [ART. 39

1904, art. 39, sec. 70. 1888, art 39, sec. 71 1860, art. 41, sec. 34. 1820, ch. 190,

sec. 4. 1842, ch, 67.

70. If any offense under this article is committed in a river divid-
ing two counties, then the justice or court of either county shall have
jurisdiction, or if it is committed in the waters of the Chesapeake bay,
then the justices or courts of any counties bordering on that part of the
bay shall have jurisdiction.

Ibid. sec. 71. 1888, art. 39, sec. 72. 1860, art. 41, sec. 35. 1806, ch. 79.
1845, ch. 148, sec. 3. 1852, ch. 125, sec. 2.

71. If any person is arrested for any offense under this article, and
the fine is more than one hundred dollars, then the justice before whom
such person is brought shall commit such person, unless he gives ade-
quate bail to appear and answer such offense at the next circuit court
for the county.

Trout and Other Pish.

Ibid. sec. 72. 1888, art. 39, sec. 73. 1874, ch. 253, sec. 1.

72. It shall not be lawful for any person to take, catch or kill any
speckled brook trout, or any speckled river trout, save only with a
hook and line, or to have any such trout in his possession, except during
the months of April, May, June, July, and the first fifteen days in
the month of August, under a penalty of five dollars for each trout
so caught or had in his possession; but this section shall not prevent
any person or corporation from catching trout in any manner or at any
time in waters owned by him or them, or upon his or their premises,
to stock other waters.

Ibid. sec. 73. 1888, art. 39, sec. 74. 1874, ch. 253, sec. 2.

73. It shall not be lawful for any person within this State to take
or catch any brook trout at any time in 'any of the waters of the State
by means of any fish-basket, seine or seines, net or nets, trap or traps,
under a penalty of five dollars for each and every fish so taken.

Ibid. sec. 74, 1888, art. 39, sec. 75. 1874, ch. 253, sec. 3.

74. No person shall place in any fresh water stream, lake or pond,
without the consent of the- owner, or in the waters and estuaries with
the rivers debouching into them, any lime or other deleterious substance,
with the intent thereby to poison or catch fish, under a penalty of one
hundred dollars.

Ibid. sec. 75. 1888, art. 39, sec. 76. 1874, ch. 253, sec. 4.

75. Whenever any person who owns, controls or erects an artificial
pond upon his own land, or land of which he is in legal possession,
shall put therein any fish or the eggs or spawn of fish for the purpose
of breeding and cultivating fish, and shall give notice thereof, either
in one or more newspapers of the county, or by written or printed
handbills put up in public places near said pond, any person who shall