FISH AND FISHERIES. 475

used at all times to catch fish in any of the waters of Talbot County, pro-
vided, however, that none of the provisions in this Act shall apply to the
waters of the Chesapeake Bay bordering on Talbot County, nor from
August 1st to May 21st next succeeding in each year in that part of Wye
River which is the dividing line between Talbot County and Queen Anne's
County in so far as fike nets are concerned, and it shall be lawful to catch
fish in Skipton Creek and in Harris Creek with haul seines from August
1st to May 21st next succeeding in each year, both dates inclusive, pro-
vided the mesh in all seines are in the bar not less than one and one-half
inches.

Provided, further, that none of the provisions in this paragraph shall
apply to the waters of the Choptank River proper. ¹

(b) It shall be unlawful at any time for non-residents to haul a seine
for the catching or taking of fish on the shores of Poplar Island or Coaches
Neck Island or within 300 yards of said island. Any person violating
the provisions of this section shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor,
and shall, upon conviction, be fined not less than twenty-five dollars ($25)
nor more than fifty dollars ($50).

1929. ch. 471,. sec. 40.

41. Wicomico County. It shall be unlawful for any person to catch
fish with any net within 500 yards on the lower side and 100 yards on
the upper side of the mouth of Quantico Creek, Ruvastico Creek or Bar-
ren Creek.

1929, ch. 471, sec. 41. 1931, ch. 250.

42. Worcester County, (a) It shall be unlawful for any person to
fish with stationary nets in that part of the waters of Sinepuxent
Bay north of South Point, Isle of Wight Bay, Assawoman Bay and St.
Martin'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 at 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 Sinepuxent Bay and its tributaries north of
South Point, during the interval from the hours of 6 o'clock, P. M., Satur-
day 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

¹ Sec. 2 of ch. 361 of acts of 1931 repealed all laws inconsistent therewith.