482 ARTICLE 2.

1914, ch. 13. 1914 Code, sec. 313.

403. On and after the passage of this Act it shall not be lawful for
any person to take or catch oysters within the waters of West or Rhode
Rivers and their tributaries in Anne Arundel County except from the 15th
day of October to the 25th day of April in each year, and for the purpose
of this Act, a divisional line between the waters of West and Rhode
Rivers, and the Chesapeake Bay shall be a straight line from Curtis'
Point in the Eighth Election District of Anne Arundel County to Dutch-
man's Point in the First Election District of said county, and all waters
on the inshore side of said line shall be deemed to be within the waters
of West and Rhode Rivers.

1916, ch. 187, sec. 1.

404. From and after the passage of this Act, it shall not be lawful for
any person whether licensed to catch oysters or not, to take or catch
oysters with rakes or tongs or other similar instruments in that portion
of Herring Bay, Anne Arundel County inside of a line beginning at U. S.
C. & G. S. Triangulation Station "Parker," which is located on the north
side of the entrance to Herring Bay on a small detached sand island south
of Parker Island, about twenty-five yards from the extreme south end and
just above high water mark; thence, running from the aforementioned
station, S. 12 degrees 40 minutes E. (true) a distance of 1,430 meters
(1,565 yards) along the line marking the territorial limits of Anne Arun-
del County, to its intersection with the westerly boundary (between cor-
ners No. 2 and No. 3) of "Long Natural Oyster Bar"; thence, running
from this point of intersection, South 20 degrees 50 minutes W. (true) a
distance of 2,220 meters (2,430 yards) to the beacon located on the south-
erly side of Herring Bay; thence running, from the said beacon, S. 45
degrees 00 minutes W. (true) Southwest 915 meters (1,000 yards) to the
shore. Between the twenty-fifth day of April and the first day of Decem-
ber in each and every year.

1916, ch. 187, sec. 2.

405. Any person violating the provisions of this Act, shall, upon con-
viction before a justice of the peace, or the Circuit Court for Anne Arun-
del County, be sentenced to pay a fine of twenty-five dollars for the first
offense and the sum of fifty dollars for a second offense provided, that
any person convicted before a justice of the peace of said county shall
have the right of appeal, if taken within ten days, to the Circuit Court for
Anne Arundel County.

1916, ch. 187, sec. 3.

406. It shall be the duty of the Conservation Commissioner to have the
proper buoys placed along said line, after the passage of this Act.