1146 FISH AND FISHERIES. [ART. 39

1888, art. 39, sec. 30. 1888, ch. 332, sec. 2.

30. Any person wishing to catch or take fish in the Patux-
ent river for food purposes, with purse seines, shall make appli-
cation 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. 31. 1888, ch. 332, 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
justice 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 appli-
cation.

Ibid, sec 32. 1888, ch. 332, 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. 33. 1888, ch. 332, 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-quarter inch mesh.

Ibid. sec. 34. 1888, ch. 332, sec. 6.

34. Any justice of the peace for any of the counties border-
ing on the Patuxent river shall, upon application of any bona
fide resident of his respective county, administer such oath and
issue such permit as prescribed in sections 30 and 31, and he
shall charge twenty-five cents as his fee.

Ibid. sec. 35. 1888, ch. 332, sec 7.

35. Any person violating any of the provisions of any of
the six preceding sections shall, upon conviction thereof, pay
a fine of not less than fifty dollars nor more than one hundred
dollars, to be collected as other fines; one-half to be paid to
the informer, the other half to be paid to the county commis-
sioners of the county in which such offense is committed, for
the benefit of the public schools of said county.