134 ANNE ARUNDEL COUNTY. [ART. 2.

1878, ch. 184.

153. If any person shall hunt, take, kill or destroy in any
manner terrapins or terrapin eggs from the first day of May to
the fifteenth day of October in any year, contrary to the provisions
of the preceding section, he shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and
upon conviction thereof before any justice of the peace for said
county shall be punished by a fine of not less than five dollars
nor more than twenty dollars, one-half thereof to the informer
and the other half to the school fund for Anne Arundel county.

Ibid.

154. The possession by any person of any terrapins or terrapin
eggs during said period shall be prima facia evidence of the
violation of section 152 by said person.

1884, ch. 403.

155. It shall not be lawful for any person to place in the
waters of the Severn river, in Anne Arundel county, at any point
above Bulling's cove on the one side, and Poplar Spring on the
other side of said river, or in any of the creeks or coves
of said river above said points, any weir or weirs, net or
nets, or any other contrivance for catching fish, between the first
day of February and the first day of April. Any person offend-
ing against the provisions of this section shall, upon conviction
before a justice of the peace of said county be fined not less than
twenty-five nor more than one hundred dollars, one-third to go to
the informer, one-third to the constable making the arrest, and
one-third to the treasurer of the county school commissioners, for
school purposes. Nothing in this section to apply to the hauling
of seines.

1878, ch. 363. 1884, ch. 503.

156. It shall not be lawful for any person, except bona fide
residents of Anne Arundel, St. Mary's, Charles, Calvert and
Prince George's counties, to haul in the waters of the Patuxent
river, between Sheridan's point and point Patience, any seine of
greater length than sixty fathoms, at any time between the first
day of June and the first day of October following, upon pen-
alty of a fine of not less than twenty or more than fifty dollars,
one-half thereof to be paid to the informer and the other half to
the county commissioners.