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same in waters of sufficient depth to enable the smaller fish to return to
the waters for growth and maturity.

1929, ch. 471, sec. 45.

46. Chesapeake Bay. It shall be unlawful for any person to use nets
of any kind in the waters in that part of the Chesapeake Bay which lies
between a straight line drawn from Drum Point Lighthouse in Calvert
County to Hog Island in St. Mary's County, and a straight line drawn
from Cove Point Lighthouse in Calvert County to Cedar Point Light-
house in St. Mary's County, nearer than 500 yards in every direction from
any other net, or any net of a total length of more than 175 yards includ-
ing the leaders or hedges or wings thereof, or at a greater distance than
one-fourth the distance across the waters above mentioned at low water
mark on either side.

1929, ch. 471, sec. 46. 1933, ch. 512.

47. Head of Say. The use of pound nets or stake nets shall be pro-
hibited in the head waters of the Chesapeake Bay hereinafter defined,

except the bay shore of Kent County up to Howell's Point, and except on
the west side of the Bay from Pooles Island north to one-half mile north
of Spesutia Island, not to exceed 800 yards from the shore. For the
purpose of this section the head waters of the Chesapeake Bay shall be
defined as follows: All waters embraced in the area marked by the fol-
lowing line, viz: Beginning at Concord Point and running in a north-
easterly direction, crossing Susquehanna River to Stump Point, thence
to Carpenter's Point, thence to Turkey Point, thence to Grove Point, all
in Cecil County, thence to Howell's Point, Kent County, continuing in
a straight line from Howell's Point in a southwesterly direction across
said Bay to Abbey Point, the northernmost point at the entrance of Bush
River, thence northerly by a line following the bay shore of Harford
County to Mulberry Point, thence to Bear Point, Sandy Point, and to
Locust Point on Spesutia Island, thence to the southernmost point at the

entrance of Swan Creek and thence crossing Swan Creek and continuing
in a northerly direction following the bay shore to Concord Point, the
place of beginning.

1931, ch. 165. 1933, ch. 103.

47A. The use of anchored gill nets is hereby prohibited in that area

of Chesapeake Bay, which is bounded on the north by a line drawn from
Turkey Point on the Eastern Shore to Locust Point on Spesutia Island,
and on the south by a line drawn from the mouth of Fairlee Creek in
Kent County to Robins Point in Harford County. ¹

1029, ch. 471, sec. 47.

48. Patuxent River. It shall be unlawful for any person, between the
5th day of March and the 15th day of May, both dates inclusive, to use

¹ Sec. 2 of ch. 103 of acts of 1933 repealed all laws inconsistent therewith to extent

of such inconsistency.