ART. 39] - POTOMAC. 307

45. Where this law is not to apply. 46. Repealed by 1896, chapter 393. Exploding Dynamite to Catch Fish. 78 A. Unlawful to use explosives to catch fish in Chesapeake bay. 78 B. Penalty for violation of this law. Disposition of fines. 78 v. Disposition of fines collected. Commissioners of Fisheries. 89. Annual appropriation for carry- ing out the provisions of sec- tions 80, 81 and 87. Commis- sioners to make annual re- ports. Chesapeake Bay. 90. License required for catching fish in Chesapeake bay below Pool's Island.

91. Cost of licence. Clerk's fee for collecting license. License to be credited to the "oyster fund. " 92. Oath of applicant for license. 93. Comptroller to have blank licenses printed. 94. Limits of setting fyke nets and other like contrivances. 95. Penalties for violating sections 90 to 98. 96. State fishery force to see that the provisions of sections 90 to 99 are carried out. 97. Application of fines. 98. Where pound nets and stake nets shall be prohibited. Pen- alties. 99. Sheriff and constables to make arrests. 100. Sections 90 to 99 not to apply to "hook and line. " V 101. Limits defining head waters of Chesapeake bay.

Potomac.

1896. ch. 427.

40. It shall not be lawful for any person to catch or kill any
black bass, green bass, rock bass, pike or pickerel, or wall-eyed
pike (commonly known as salmon, ) between the 15th day of
April and the 1st day of June of each year; nor catch or kill
any of said species of fish at any other time during the year,
save only with a rod, hook and line or dip net. The words
"hook and line" shall not include trot lines or out lines.

Ibid.

41. Any person violating the provisions of section 40 shall be
guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall be punishable, on conviction,
by imprisonment in the county jail not exceeding six months, or
by a fine not exceeding $200, or by fine and imprisonment; and
it shall be the duty of the circuit court of the counties abutting
on the Potomac river above the Little Falls, at each session of
the Grand Jury to call its attention to the provisions of this
law.