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1929, ch. 180, sec. 2.

70A. If any clause, sentence, paragraph or section of this sub-title
shall, for any reason, be adjudged by any Court of competent jurisdiction
to be unconstitutional and invalid, such judgment shall not affect, impair
or invalidate the remainder thereof, but shall be confined in its operation
to the clause, sentence, paragraph or section thereof so found unconstitu-
tional and invalid. ¹

PART 3.
Non-Tidal Waters.

1929, ch. 471, sec. 64.

71. Seasons. No person or persons shall fish for any game or fresh
water fishes except in the manner and time as hereinafter provided. The
open season for all species of trout shall be from the 1st day of April to
the 30th day of June, both dates inclusive, subject to the following excep-
tions: the following named fresh water fishes, viz: suckers, catfish, carp,
eels and gudgeon may be taken between the 1st day of February and the
31st day of May, both dates inclusive, with rod, hook and line, and between
the 1st day of February and the 31st day of March, both dates inclusive,
by 1 he use of dip nets, by residents of the State only, and when licensed as
hereinafter provided; provided that under the same terms and conditions,
in Washington County, the same fish may be taken in the Potomac River
between the 1st day of February and the 30th day of April, both dates
inclusive, except that dip nets are prohibited in the waters of Garrett
County; and all manner of fishing is prohibited except with hook and line
in that portion of the Susquehanna River bounded on the upper side by
Conowingo Dam and on the lower side by what is known as Hogback
Shoals, which shoals extend from McGibney's Lock on the old Tidewater
Canal on the Harford side to a point about one mile above Canal Station
on the Columbia Branch of the Pennsylvania Railroad, on the Cecil side
of said river; provided, that nothing herein contained shall be construed
to prohibit the use of dip or landing net or seine not over six feet in length
nor greater than three feet in depth for the purposes of catching bait fish.

It shall be lawful to fish for eels by use of a slat basket (commonly
known as the Chesapeake Bay eel pot) at any time, and the open season
on bass of all species and other game and fresh water fish shall be between
the 1st day of July and the 30th day of November, both dates inclusive,
and then only by means of rod, hook and line, except in that part of the
Youghiogheny River below Swallow Falls in Garrett County the open
season for rainbow trout shall be between the 1st day of July and the
30th day of November, both dates inclusive.

It shall be lawful to set out-line or trot-line or lines; however, no person
in setting or using same shall place more than 25 hooks to any one line.

¹ Sec. 3 of ch. 180 of the acts of 1929 repealed all laws inconsistent therewith to
the extent of such inconsistency.