ART. 39] PATUXENT. 609

Anne Bridge on said River down said river to a straight line drawn
across the mouth of said River from Drum Point Light House in Cal-
vert County to Hog Point in St. Mary's County nearer than 500 yards
in every direction from any other net or device above mentioned or of
the total length of any net or device above mentioned of more than
175 yards in length, including the leaders or hedges or wings thereof,
below a straight line from Truman's Point Wharf across said river
to a point on the shore directly opposite said wharf, or of a total length
of more than fifty yards in said river above said straight line from
Truman's Point Wharf or at a greater distance across the waters above
mentioned from low water mark on either side, and be it further pro-
vided that whenever the word net or the word device is mentioned in
this Section it shall be held to include the leader or leaders, or hedge or
hedges, or wing or wings of said net or device; provided, however, that
this Section shall not apply to catching fish with hook and line, floating
gill nets, purse nets or seines.

1904, art. 39, sec. 30. 1888, art. 39, sec. 30. 1888, ch. 332, sec. 2.
1914, ch. 462, sec. 30.

30. It shall be unlawful to use or haul any seine or gill net or
purse net in any part of said river with a smaller mesh than that pre-
scribed in Section 23 of this Article, or at any other time than pre-
scribed by said Section 23 or in any creek or tributary of said river
less than two hundred feet wide at its mouth.

Ibid. sec. 31. 1888, art. 39, sec. 31. 1888, ch. 332, sec. 3.
1914, ch. 462, sec. 31.

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

Ibid. sec. 32. 1888, art. 39, sec. 32. 1888, ch. 332, sec. 4.
1914, ch. 462, sec. 32.

32. Any person wishing to catch or take fish in the Patuxent River
with purse seines for food purposes shall make application to a Justice
of the Peace in the County in which he resides for a permit and shall
make oath before said Justice of the Peace that he is a resident of said
County and does not intend to catch fish for the purpose of manufac-
turing into fertilizer or to put upon the land in a raw state, and all
person or persons making a false oath shall be deemed guilty of perjury
and subject to the penalty provided in case of perjury.

Ibid. sec. 34. 1888, art. 39, sec. 34. 1888, ch. 332, sec. 6.
1914, ch. 462, sec. 33.

33. Upon information given upon oath or affirmation to any Justice
of the Peace in and for the County where the offense is committed for
violation of any of the provisions of the four preceding Sections, the

Justice of the Peace shall issue his warrant for the arrest of the person
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