220 ARTICLE 39.

1929, ch. 471, sec. 41.

42. Worcester County. (a) It shall be unlawful for any person to
fish with stationary nets in that part of the waters of Sinnepuxent Bay
north of South Point, Isle of Wight Bay, Assawoman Bay and St. Mar-
tin's River, which is located equally at all points on either side of a line
drawn through the center of each of said waters, from the northern to
the southern extremity thereof, and extending in width ait all points of
said line one-third part of the distance which separates the opposite shores
of the waters aforesaid at said points.

(b) It shall be unlawful for any person to haul or fish with any haul
or set seine, or to leave or to permit to remain setting, any set seine in any
parts of the waters of Sinnepuxent Bay and its tributaries north of South
Point, during the interval from the hours of 6 o'clock P. M., Saturday of
each week until the hour of 6 o'clock A. M. of the following Monday.

(c) No person other than an actual bona fide resident of Worcester
County, or unless he shall be a taxpayer upon property standing in his
own name in the said county, to the assessed valuation of $1, 000. 00 or
more, or unless he shall first take out a license as hereinafter provided,
shall haul for or catch fish with any seine, or set net of any description,
in the waters of Sinnepuxent Bay or its tributaries within said county;
and no person shall fish in the waters of Sinnepuxent Bay or its tributaries
within the limits of Worcester County with any seine or net of any de-
scription containing meshes less than one and one-half inches square, ex-
cept only during the months of July, August, September and October,
when this section shall not apply to fishing for fat backs and crocus.

(d) The Clerk of the Court is authorized upon the payment to him of
the fee of $100. 00, and upon application by a non-resident of the county
not being a tax payer, as provided for above, to issue a license to such
applicant authorizing him to fish for one year with seines and nets in the
waters of Sinnepuxent Bay and its tributaries within said county as a
resident of the county is permitted to do.

Nets and Seines.

1929, ch. 471, sec. 42.

43. Sizes of Mesh. Unless otherwise provided in this Article, it shall
be unlawful after December 31st, 1931, to fish with any nets mentioned
in any section of this Article whose size of mesh is less than herein pro-
vided: Purse or Buck Nets, 3 inches; Pound Nets, 2 1/4 inches; Haul
Seines, 2 1/2 inches; Gill Nets, 2 1/2 inches; Fyke and Hoop Nets, 2 1/4
inches; provided, it shall be lawful to continue the use of such nets, now
owned and lawfully operated under the laws in effect January 1st, 1929,
until the above date, and the present laws regulating the size of mesh
shall continue in force until the 31st of December, 1931. Nothing in the
foregoing provisions of this section limiting the size of mesh shall apply to
the catching of eels.