1432 ARTICLE 39.

Patuxent.

An. Code, sec. 18. 1904, see. 18. 1888, sec. 18. 1841, ch. 143. 1872, ch. 128. 1874, ch. 219.

19. It shall not be lawful for any persons, other than bona fide resi-
dent citizens of Prince George's, Charles, St. Mary's and Calvert counties,
to take or catch fish in the waters of the Patuxent river and tributaries,
with any seine, weir trap or other device, excepting only the hook and line;
provided, that the provisions of this section shall not apply to such as shall
obtain permission from the owners of lands bordering on said waters to
fish off and opposite their land or lands so bordering on said waters; and
provided that none other than bona fide resident citizens of said counties
shall use in any of the waters of said river that bind on Prince George's,
Charles and Calvert counties above the village known as Benedict any
seine, weir, or net more than seventy fathoms long and less than two
inches square in the mesh.

An. Code, sec. 19. 1904, sec. 19. 1888, sec. 19. 1874, ch. 219, sub-sec. 1.

20. It shall not be lawful for any person to empty his seines upon the
beach so as to leave the smaller fish to perish, but he shall empty the same
in water of sufficient depth to enable such smaller fish to return to the
waters for growth and maturity.

An. Code, sec. 20. 1904, sec. 20. 1888, sec. 20. 1874, ch. 219, sub-sec. 2.

21. Any person violating the provisions of the two preceding sections
shall be fined not less than twenty-five nor more than one hundred dollars,
in the discretion of the justice of the peace before whom the case is heard;
which amount shall be appropriated to the public school fund of the county
wherein such judgment is rendered; and for the payment of the amount of
fine so adjudged, any boat, seine, weir or other fishing tackle used by any
person in violation of the provisions of the two preceding sections shall be
seized and held as security upon complaint against such offending party.

An. Code, sec. 21. 1904, sec. 21. 1888, sec. 21. 1884, ch. 503.

22. It shall not be lawful for any persons, except bona fide residents
of St. Mary's, Anne Arundel, Charles, Calvert and Prince George's coun-
ties, to haul in the waters of the Patuxent river, between Sheriden's Point
and Point Patience, any seine of greater length than sixty fathoms at any
time between the first day of June and the first day of October following.

An. Code, sec. 22. 1904, sec. 22. 1888, sec. 22. 1878, ch. 363.

23; Any person violating the provisions of the preceding section shall
be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof before a
justice of the peace for Calvert county, or before the circuit court for Cal-
vert county, shall be fined a sum not less than twenty dollars nor more than
fifty dollars; one-half thereof to be paid to the informer and the other half
thereof to the county commissioners of said county.