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of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction thereof before a justice of the
peace, shall be fined ten dollars ($10.00) for the first offense and twenty-
five dollars ($25.00) for the second and each succeeding offense.

Exploding Dynamite to Catch Fish.

An. Code, sec. 95. 1910, ch. 255, sec. 3 (p. 136).

112. It shall be unlawful to dynamite for fish in any waters of the
State to catch fish, also unlawful to have a fish pot in any of the waters of
the State.

An. Code, sec, 96. 1904, sec. 87. 1892, ch. 78, sec. 1.

113. It shall be unlawful to explode any dynamite or other substance
of like explosive nature in the waters of the Chesapeake bay, or any of
the tributaries thereof, within the limits of the State of Maryland, for the
purpose of taking or catching fish thereby.

An. Code, sec. 97. 1904, sec. 88. 1892, ch. 78, sec. 2.

114. Any person violating the provisions of the foregoing section,
upon indictment and conviction for the same in any circuit court for the
county, or criminal court of Baltimore wherein the offense may have been
committed, shall be fined not less than three hundred dollars and the cost
of prosecution; and upon failure to pay the same shall be confined in the
house of correction for not less than one year.

An. Code, sec. 98. 1904, sec. 89. 1892, ch. 78, sec. 3.

115. All fines collected under the two preceding sections shall be paid
one-half to the informer and the other half into the treasury of the State
of Maryland.

Commissioners of Fisheries.

An. Code, sec. 99. 1904, sec. 90. 1888, sec. 79. 1874, ch. 150, sec. 1.

116. The governor, by and with the advice and consent of the senate,
shall biennially appoint two competent persons, who shall continue in
office for two years from the time of their appointment, and until their
successors are appointed, who shall be known as commissioners of fish-
eries1 of Maryland, one of whom shall come from the Eastern and one
from the Western Shore of the State.

An. Code, sec. 100. 1904, sec. 91. 1888, sec. 80. 1874, ch. 150, sec. 2.

117. It shall be the duty of said commissioners to inspect all the waters
of this State with a view of stocking the same with such food fishes as in
their judgment shall be most advantageous, and with such object they shall
communicate with the commissioner general of fisheries of the United

1 Ch. 682 of acts of 1916 abolished the commissioners of fisheries and transferred their
powers, duties, etc., to state conservation commission. Ch. 29 of acts of 1922 abolished
state conservation commission and transferred its duties, powers, etc., to conservation
commissioner. See sec. 1 of art. 19A.