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Taylor less than 8 inches; measurement in the case of each fish shall be
from the tip of the nose to the end of the caudal fin or tail.

Shad and Herring Season.

1929, ch. 471, sec. 51.

52. The season for catching shad and herring in the waters of this
State shall be as follows:

(a) In Chesapeake Bay and tributaries, below Poole's Island, except in
Potomac River, March 1st to May 31st, both dates inclusive.

(b) In Chesapeake Bay and tributaries, above Poole's Island, March
15th to June 10th, both dates inclusive.

(c) In Chincoteague and Sinnepuxent Bays and their tributaries.
March 1st to May 31st, both dates inclusive.

(d) In Potomac River, March 1st to May 31st, both dates inclusive.

(e) Provided that in any river, creek, cove or inlet where the Conserva-
tion Department is engaged in collecting spawn for hatching purposes, the
Conservation Commissioner is hereby authorized and empowered to make
such rules and regulations during the last ten day of the season as he may
adopt for the better protection of fish and the collection of spawn for said
hatching purposes; provided such rules and regulations shall not shorten
the season.

Licenses.

1929, ch. 471, sec. 52.

53. Any person desiring to engage in the business of taking or catching
fish for commercial purposes by the use of any nets mentioned in this Arti-
cle within the waters of the State of Maryland, shall first obtain by appli-
cation to the Clerk of the Circuit Court for the county wherein he may re-
side, or the Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of Baltimore City, a
license therefor, and such license shall have effect from the 1st day of Jan-
uary to the 31st day of December, inclusive, in the year in which it may
have been obtained; and provided further that such license shall not author-
ize the taking or catching of fish except as provided for in this Article.

1929, ch. 471, sec. 53.

54. Oath of Applicant. Every applicant for license to take or catch
fish for sale, under the provisions of this Article, shall be required to make
oath or affirmation before the clerk authorized to issue the same, or before
some justice of the peace or notary public, on whose certificate of the tak-
ing of such oath or affirmation, the clerk shall issue said license that "the

facts set forth in said license are strictly true; that he has been a bona fide
resident of the State of Maryland for the twelve months preceding his ap-
plication for said license, " or if he be a non-resident of the State but owner

of land bordering on any of the tributary waters of the State and is the

owner of riparian rights provided for in Section 21, then he shall set forth
in such oath, "that he is the lawful owner of land bordering on waters in