FISH AND FISHERIES. 1433

An. Code, sec. 23. 1904, sec. 23. 1888, sec. 23. 1828, ch. 128. 1874, ch. 313. 1884, ch. 303.

24. No person shall stake down any seine or net entirely across the
Patuxent river for the purpose of taking shad or herring; nor shall any
person whip, thresh or beat the waters of the Patuxent river with poles or
any other instrument, for the purpose of driving any fish within any seine
or net; nor shall any person, except bona fide residents of Prince George's,
Charles, St. Mary's, Anne Arundel and Calvert counties, in fishing in the
said river, between the fifth day of March and the fifteenth day of May,
use any seine or net with meshes of less than one and one-half of an inch
square; or during the rest of the year with any seine or net with meshes of
a less size than two inches square; and no person shall empty any seine
except in water twelve inches deep; and any person violating this section
shall be subject to the fine and forfeiture provided in section 21.

An. Code, sec. 24. 1904, see. 24. 1888, sec. 24. 1874, ch. 80, sec. 23A.

25. No vessel, float, raft or boat of any description, unless compelled
to do so by stress of weather or other unavoidable accident, shall be an-
chored or stayed in the berth or haul of any regularly hauled fishing shore
in the Patuxent river and remain thus anchored for the space of half an
hour when the weather will permit the departure of such vessel, raft, float
or boat after being warned to depart therefrom by the owner or occupant,
of said fishery.

An. Code, sec. 25. 1904, sec. 25. 1888, sec. 25. 1874, ch. 80, sec. 23B.

26. Any person violating the preceding section shall pay to owner of
said fishery a fine of twenty dollars for each offense, and every hour the
vessel, float or boat continues after the half hour mentioned in the preced-
ing section shall be considered a new and separate offense.

An. Code, sec. 26. 1904, sec. 26. 1888, sec. 26. 1874, ch. 80, sec. 23C.

27. 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.

An. Code, sec. 27. 1904, sec. 27. 1888, sec. 27. 1874, ch. 80, sec. 23D.

28. 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 commanding 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.

An. Code, sec. 28. 1904, sec. 28. 1888, sec. 28. 1874, ch. 80, sec. 23E.

29. 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.