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eggs visible thereon (sponge crabs) or any female crab from which the
egg pouch or bunion has been removed.

1929, ch. 471, sec. 89.

98. Regulations on Certain Kinds and Sizes of Crabs. It shall be
unlawful for any person to take, catch or have in his possession any hard
crabs, measuring less than five inches across the shell from tip to tip of
spike, or any peelers (which are hereby defined as having a soft shell fully
developed under the hard shell, on which there is a pink line or rim on the
edge of that part of the back fin next to the outer section of this fin) meas-
uring less than, three inches across the shell from tip to tip of spike, or
any soft crabs measuring less than three and one-half inches across the
shell from tip to tip of spike; nor shall any person take, catch or have
in his possession any egg-bearing female crab, known as the spawn crab,
sponge crab, blooming female crab, or mother crab, nor any female crab
from which the egg pouch or bunion has been removed, nor shall any per-
son take, catch or keep in floats or in his possession any fat crab, or any
crab known as snot crab or green crab, or buckram crab (a crab that has
a paper shell). The provisions of this section shall apply to all waters of
the State of Maryland, and any person violating any provisions of this
section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and shall upon conviction be fined
as hereinafter provided, and in addition thereto the Deputy Commanders
and Inspectors of the State Fishery Force are hereby authorized to con-
fiscate and liberate into the waters of the State any fat crab, snot crab,
green crab, buckram crab wherever found and held in violation of this
section, and said officers are further authorized to confiscate any hard
crabs, peelers or soft crabs of a size less than the measurements herein-
before provided, wherever found, and shall dispose of any crabs so con-
fiscated under the direction of the Conservation Commission to the best
interests of the State.

1929, ch. 471, sec. 90.

99. Use of Power Prohibited in Boats Engaged in Scraping Crabs.
No person shall use any engine of any kind in or upon any boat or vessel,
while said boat or vessel is being used, or while said person is engaged in
scraping or scooping crabs in any of the waters of this State.

1929, ch. 471, sec. 91.

100. Penalty. Any person violating the provisions of any section of
this sub-title "Crabs, " shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and, upon convic-
tion before any justice of the peace qualified to try same, shall be fined
not less than $10. 00 nor more than $100. 00 and shall stand committed to
the County Jail or the Baltimore City Jail until such fine and costs are
paid.

1929, ch. 471, sec. 4.

101. If any clause, sentence, paragraph or section of this Article shall,
for any reason, be adjudged by any Court of competent jurisdiction to