742 FISH AND FISHERIES—PATUXENT. [ART. 39.

1874, ch. 80.

28. If any person shall wilfully and maliciously put any stake,
log. stone, ballast or other obstruction in the berth or haul of any
fishery, he shall pay a fine of not less than twenty nor more than,
one hundred dollars, at the discretion of the justice of the peace-
trying the case.

1888, ch. 332, sec. 1.

29 It shall not be lawful for any person to catch or take fish-
in the Patuxent river, or its tributaries, with purse seines ex-
cept for food purposes.

Ibid, sec 8.

30. Any person wishing to catch or take fish in the Patuxent
river for food purposes, with purse seines, shall make application,
to a justice of the peace in the county in which he resides for a.
permit, and shall make oath or affirmation that he is a resident
of said county, and that he does not intend to catch fish for the
purpose of manufacturing into fertilizer, or to put upon the land,
in the raw state.

Ibid. sec. 3.

31 Any person wishing to set a fish trap or pound in the
Patuxent river, or its tributaries, shall make application to a jus-
tice of the peace for the county in which he resides for a permit
to put down such trap, and shall make oath before such
justice that he has been a bona fide resident of said county for
twelve months immediately preceding the date of such applica-
tion.

Ibid. sec. 4.

32. Any person who shall drive down any stakes in the
Patuxent river, or its tributaries, for the purpose of setting a trap
or pound shall draw up all of the stakes within ten days after he
removes the net from such stakes.

Ibid. sec. 5.

33. Any person setting any traps or pounds in the Patuxent:
river shall raise or take up the nets or pounds from Saturday
evening until Monday morning, and no person shall use any
net of a less size than one and one-quarter inch mesh.