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or hindrance on being required to do so by the person so obstructed or hin-
dered, he shall pay a fine of not less than twenty nor more than one hundred
dollars.

An. Code, sec. 47. 1904, sec. 47. 1888, sec. 48. 1852, ch. 125, sec. 1.

48. If any person shall wilfully and maliciously place any obstruction
or hindrance in the way of laying out or hauling in any seine in any lawful
fishery upon the Potomac river or its tributaries, or in any other manner or
way prevent a bona fide owner of a shore, or his agent or tenant, from
using or fishing on such shore, he shall on conviction, forfeit and pay not
less than fifty dollars nor more than five hundred dollars, or be imprisoned
for not less than one month nor more than one year; this and the preceding
section not to apply to any obstruction or hindrance by unavoidable accident
or stress of weather.

An. Code, sec. 48. 1904, sec. 48. 1888, sec. 49. 1846, ch. 87.

49. Any owner or occupier of a fishery on the Potomac may cause and
permit all vessels employed by him in carrying on his business, to be
anchored or moored opposite his shore, but not so as to interfere with the
rights of the owners or occupiers of adjoining shores in laying out their
seines.

An. Code, sec. 49. 1904, sec. 49. 1888, sec. 50. 1870, ch. 205, sub-sec. 1. 1872, ch. 292.

50. No person shall fish in the Potomac river, or its tributaries for shad
and herring during the season prescribed in section 37, with seines, gill
nets or nets of any kind, without having first obtained a license therefor,
as hereinafter provided; and no person shall be entitled to obtain such
license for fishing with a hauling seine who is not the owner or occupier of
some fishing shore on said river; nor shall any persons be entitled to obtain
such license for fishing with gill nets, except bona fide citizens of the
counties bordering on said river.

An. Code, sec. 50. 1904, sec. 50. 1888, sec. 51. 1870, ch. 205, sub-sec. 2.

51. All persons entitled under the preceding section to fish for shad
and herring in the Potomac river and its tributaries shall first obtain a
license therefor, by application to the clerk of the circuit court for the
county bordering on said river, opposite to, or in which he may desire to
fish, which license shall have effect for and during the period fixed in section
37; and the comptroller of the treasury shall cause to be printed and deliv-
ered to the several clerks of the circuit courts for the counties bordering on
said river, the requisite number of such blank licenses, and take their
receipts for the same, as for other licenses furnished; and said clerks shall,
on the first Monday in June in each year, return to the said comptroller a
list and account of such licenses issued by them.

An. Code, sec. 51. 1904, sec. 51. 1888, sec. 52. 1870, ch. 205, sub-sec. 3.

52. Every license to fish, as aforesaid, shall state the name and residence
of the person to whom the same is granted, the description of the fishing