1462 KENT COUNTY. [ART. 15.

1888, ch. 151.

120. It shall not be lawful for any person, in 'said waters, to
empty their seines upon the beach or shore at any time whilst
engaged in fishing, so as to leave the smaller fish to perish, but they
shall empty the same in water of sufficient depth to enable the
smaller fish to return to the waters for growth and maturation; and
persons using seines, pound nets, fish baskets, fykes, traps or nets of
any class or description that catch fish alive, shall immediately
cull them and return the small fish to the waters of the place
where they were taken.

Ibid.

121. No persons other than the bona fide residents of Kent
and Queen Anne's counties, and who have been such for six
months preceding the beginning of any fishing season, to wit:
the first day of August, of any year, shall use any boat or trap
of any kind or description used in catching fish in the said,
waters of Chester river and its tributaries in said counties; pro-
vided, however, that the waters of Chester river and its tribu-
taries shall be used in common between the lona fide residents,
of said counties, to wit: those who have had a bona fide residence
in either of said counties for six months before the first day of
August, of any year, or the fishing season thereof; and provided
also, that persons owning lands in said counties, on said river and
its tributaries, shall have the right to rent or otherwise grant by
written lease or contract, under hand and seal, to be filed and re-
corded in the clerk's office of the county where the lands lie, a,
certified copy of which, under the hand of the clerk and seal of
his office, shall be evidence of the right to fish in the waters,
opposite the shores described thereon, to non-residents of said
counties, the privilege of fishing in or opposite their shores
during the fishing season, hereinbefore limited and fixed, under
all the restrictions hereinbefore provided; and further provided,
that the right to take fish with hook and line shall be allowed to
all persons at all times.

Ibid.

122. Upon the information of any citizen of either of said
counties, that he. knows or verily believes that any person has
violated any of the provisions of sections 118-121, before any
justice of the peace of Queen Anne's county, if the offence;