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and stakes for the taking of fish must be removed before the hour of mid-
night on the 31st day of October in every year.

(f) It shall be unlawful to haul seine or fish with nets in any of the
rivers, creeks, coves or branches of waters within the limits of or adjacent
or contiguous to Baltimore County without first obtaining the permission
in writing thereto from the owners or occupiers of the banks or shores in
Baltimore County of such creeks, coves or branches of waters aforesaid
in front of or opposite to which any such seine or net is or may be placed.

(g) It shall be unlawful to fish with nets or seines of any kind in the
waters of Back and Middle Rivers and of the tributaries thereof, between
the 1st day of March and the 1st day of June, both dates inclusive, in,
each and every year.

1929, ch. 471, sec. 30A.

30. Caroline County. It shall be unlawful to haul a seine of any
description whatever in the waters of the Choptank River and its tribu-
taries, for the purpose of catching fish, from the 21st day of May to the-
31st day of July, both dates inclusive, in each and every year.

1929, ch. 471, sec. 31.

31. Cecil County, (a) It shall be unlawful to use any pound net or
stake net in the waters of the Susquehanna River, (b) It shall be unlaw-
ful for any person to place any pound nets opposite the shore of any owner
of land bordering on the waters of the Elk, Bohemia and Sassafras Rivers
and their tributaries, and the North East River from Turkey Point to
the head of said river, or such parts of said river as may be within the
limits of Cecil County, unless the consent in writing of such owner is first
obtained; nor shall any such pound nets be so placed as to obstruct the
hauling of any seine upon any established fishing shore on said waters
unless so placed by the owner of such fishing shore.

1929, ch. 471, sec. 32.

32. Charles County, (a) Non-residents of the county may fish when
the right or privilege has been granted to them by persons owning or occu-
pying lands on the Wicomico River or on the Potomac River or any of
their tributaries in said county, to catch fish on their water fronts. Pro-
vided, also, that the land owner desiring to grant, the privilege to catch fish
on his water front shall ascertain and distinctly mark the line dividing his
land and water front from that of the adjoining land owner, by fixing a
substantial stake or buoy immediately on his dividing line 500 yards from
the beach, and another in the same line half way between the beach and
the outer stake or buoy; and when the water front is on a creek, the center
of the creek shall be marked in a similar manner to prevent any infringe-
ment on the rights of persons owning the opposite shore.

(b) Haul seines of greater length than 160 fathoms are prohibited in
the Potomac River and its tributaries, and in the Wicomico River and its
tributaries between Maryland Point in Charles County and Cheseldine's-