1148 FISH AND FISHERIES. [ART. 39

1888, art. 39, sec 40 1882, ch 440. 1896, ch. 427. 1904, ch. 269.

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 fifteenth day
of April and the first 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' line or out lines.
This section is not applicable to Montgomery county.

Ibid. sec. 41. 1882, ch. 440. 1896, ch 427. 1904, ch. 269

41. Any person violating the provisions of section 40 shall
be guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall be punishable, on con-
viction, 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
for 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. This section not applicable to
Montgomery county.

Ibid sec 42. 1882, ch. 440 1896, ch 427.

42. The provisions of sections 40 and 41 are applicable
below the Littie Falls near Washington, the same having
become effective by the ratification of the act of 1896, chapter
427, by Virginia and West Virginia, and become the law of
Maryland by proclamation by the governor of this State on
May 6, 1897.

Ibid. sec. 43. 1882, ch. 440 1896, ch. 393.

43. It shall not be lawful for any person to catch or kill
any black bass, green bass, pike or pickerel or wall-eyed pike
(commonly known as salmon) in the tributaries of the Potomac
river between the fifteenth day of April and the first 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.

Ibid, see 44. 1882, ch. 440 1896, ch. 393.

44. Any person violating the provisions of section 43 shall
be guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be punishable on convic-
tian by imprisonment in the county jail not exceeding six
months or by a fine not exceeding two hundred dollars, or by
fine and imprisonment.