1034 FISH AND FISHERIES. [ART. 39

of the tributaries thereof, within the limits of the State of Maryland,
for the purpose of taking or catching fish thereby.

1904, art. 39, sec. 88. 1892. ch. 78, sec. 2.

97. Any person violating the provisions of the foregoing section,
upon indictment and conviction for the same in any circuit court for the
county, or criminal court of Baltimore wherein the offense may have
been committed, shall be fined not less than three hundred dollars and
the cost of prosecution; and upon failure to pay the same shall be con-
fined in the house of correction for not less than one year.

Ibid. sec. 89. 1892, ch. 78, sec. 3.

98. All fines collected under the two preceding sections shall be paid
one-half to the informer and the other half into the treasury of the State
of Maryland.

Commissioners of Fisheries.

Ibid. sec. 90. 188S, art. 39. sec. 79. 1874, ch. 150, sec. 1.

99. The governor, by and with the advice and consent of the sen-
ate, shall biennially appoint two competent persons, who shall continue
in office for two years from the time of their appointment, and until
their successors are appointed, who shall be known as commissioners
of fisheries of Maryland, one of whom shall come from the Eastern and
one from the Western Shore of the State.

Ibid. sec. 91. 1888, art. 39, sec. 80. 1874, ch. 150, sec. 2.

100. It shall be the duty of said commissioners to inspect all the
waters of this State with a view of stocking the same with such food
fishes as in their judgment shall be most advantageous, and with such
object they shall communicate with the commissioner general of fish-
eries of the United States and with the commissioners of fisheries
appointed by the different States and report the result of their inspec-
tion to the governor of this State as soon as practicable, and they shall
examine into the feasibility of cutting a channel around the Great
Falls of the Potomac to admit the passage of fish from tide water into
the upper Potomac, and they shall also inquire into the expediency of
constructing fishways or fish-ladders to admit the passage of fish over
dams or other obstructions in the upper Potomac or elsewhere in the
State.

Ibid. sec. 92. 1888, art. 39, sec. 81. 1874, ch. 150, sec. 3.

101. It shall be the duty of the said commissioners of fisheries after
making the inspection and obtaining the information required in the
preceding section to proceed to the selection of proper locations for the
propagation and culture of such food fishes as it shall be deemed
desirable to introduce into the waters of this State, and obtain the
necessary ova and construct and erect suitable houses and devices for
hatching the same and protecting the small fish until fit to be distributed