FISH AND FISHERIES. 1437

" hook and line " shall not include trot line or out lines. This section is
not applicable to Montgomery county.1, 2

An. Code, sec. 41. 1904, sec. 41. 1888, sec. 41. 1882, ch. 440. 1896, ch. 427. 1904, ch. 269.

42. Any person violating the provisions of section 41 shall be guilty of
a misdemeanor, and shall be punishable, on conviction, by imprisonment in
the county jail not exceeding six months, or by a fine not exceeding $200,
or by fine and imprisonment; and it shall be the duty of the circuit court
for the. counties abutting on the Potomac river above the Little Falls, at
each session of the grand jury to call its attention to the provisions of this
law. This section not applicable to Montgomery county.1,2

An. Code, sec. 42. 1904, sec. 42. 1888, sec. 42. 1882, ch. 440. 1896, ch. 427.

43. The provisions of secs. 41 and 42 shall not be applicable below the
Little Falls, near Washington.1,2

An. Code, sec. 43. 1904, sec. 43. 1888, sec. 43. 1882, ch. 440. 1896, ch. 393.

44. It shall not be lawful for any person to catch or kill any black bass,
green bass, pike or pickerel or wall-eyed pike (commonly known as salmon)
in the tributaries of the Potomac river between the fifteenth day of April
and the first day of June of each year, nor catch or kill any of said species
of fish at any other time during the year save only with a rod, hook and
line or dip-net.3

An. Code, sec. 44. 1904, sec. 44. 1888, sec. 44. 1882, ch. 440. 1896, ch. 393.

45. Any person violating the provisions of section 44 shall be guilty of
a misdemeanor and shall be punishable on conviction by imprisonment in
the county jail not exceeding six months or by a fine not exceeding two
hundred dollars, or by fine and imprisonment.3

An. Code, sec. 45. 1904, sec. 45. 1888, sec. 45. 1882, ch. 440. 1896, ch. 393.

46. The provisions of sections 44 and 45 shall not be applicable below
the Little Falls near Washington and shall not apply to that part of the
waters of the Monocacy river and its tributaries lying in Creagerstown and
Woodsboro districts, Frederick county, and Middlebury district in Carroll
county from the bridge over the Monocacy river on the turnpike road lead-
ing from Woodsboro to Creagerstown in Frederick county to the head of
the Monocacy river and its tributaries.3

An. Code, sec. 46. 1904, sec. 46. 1888, sec. 47. 1845, ch. 148, sec. 2.

47. If any person shall during the months of March, April, May and
June place any boat, vessel or other obstruction or hindrance in the way of
laying out or hauling any seine used in any lawful fishery on said river or
its tributaries, or otherwise obstruct or hinder such laying out or hauling,
and he or his agents shall fail or refuse forthwith to remove such obstruction

1 The title of the act of 1896, ch. 427, provides for the repeal of secs. 41, 42 and 43 only,
whereas the enacting clause provides for the repeal of secs. 41 to 46, inclusive.

2 This section became effective by the ratification of the act of 1896, ch. 427, by Vir-
ginia and West Virginia, and by virtue of a proclamation by the Governor of Maryland
of May 6, 1897.....

3 The title of the act of 1896, ch. 427, provides for the repeal of secs. 41, 42 and 43
only, whereas the enacting clause provides for the repeal of secs. 41 to 46, inclusive;