ART. 39] POTOMAC. 1147

Potomac.

1888, art. 39, sec. 36. 1860, art. 41, sec. 12. 1854, ch. 172, sec. 1.
1860, ch. 104, sec 1. 1870, ch. 205. 1856, ch. 130.

30. The fishing season for shad and herring in the waters
of the Potomac river shall begin the fifteenth day of March
and end the first day of June in each year.

Ibid. sec. 37. 1860, art. 41, see 13. 1854, ch. 172, sec 2.

37. If any person shall haul, drift, anchor or stake in the
Potomac river, or any of its tributaries in the State, any gill
nets or seine of any description (except those commonly called
market seines for summer and winter fish, and sturgeon nets
with eight inches mesh), at any time not within the period
fixed by the preceding section, he shall forfeit all the boats,
seines and fixtures then in his possession and be fined for each
offense not less than fifty nor more than one hundred dollars.

Ibid. sec. 38. 1860, art. 41, sec. 14. 1854, ch. 172, sec. 3. 1860, ch. 104,
sec. 2 1870. ch. 205.

38. No person shall haul, drift or fish any seine or gill net
within the water bounds or berths of any regularly hauled
fishing landingj nor opposite to any part of the shore of the
owner or occupier of any such landing, within hauling distance
from such shore, between the fifteenth day of March and the
first day of June in each year, without the permission of the
owner or occupier of such fishing landing; and any person so
offending shall be subject to the forfeiture and fine prescribed
by the preceding section.

Ibid. sec. 39. 1860, art. 41, sec. 15. 1860, ch. 104, sec. 3.

39. The owners or occupiers of the regularly hauled fishing
landings are authorized to render any sheriff or other officer
assistance necessary to arrest any person violating any of the
provisions of the two preceding sections; and the said officer
shall seize all boats, seines and fixtures in possession of such
person, and carry the person so arrested before some justice of
the peace, to be dealt with as herein directed; and the said
officer may summons the posse comitatus to aid him in making
arrest or seizure authorized by this section; and may for that
purpose also press, at the expense of the State, any steamboat
or other vessel belonging to any citizen of this State, not actu-
ally engaged in carrying the United States mail.