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of sections 78 to 85, both inclusive, with the exception only of
chapter 427 of the acts passed at the session of 1896, are,
hereby repealed; provided, that nothing in said sections shall
apply to Frederick, Baltimore, Howard, Cecil, Kent, Queen
Anne's, Harford, St. Mary's, Wicomico, Charles, Talbot, Wor-,
cester, Calvert or Somerset counties.

Exploding Dynamite to Catch Fish.

1892, ch. 76, sec. 1.

87. It shall be unlawful to explode any dynamite or other
substance of like explosive nature in the waters of the Chesa-
peake bay, or any of the tributaries thereof, within the limits of
the State of Maryland, for the purpose of taking or catching
fish thereby.

Ibid. sec. 2.

88. Any person violating the provisions of the foregoing
section, upon indictment and conviction for the same in any
circuit court for the county, or criminal court of Baltimore
wherein the offense may have been committed, shall be fined not
less than three hundred dollars and the cost of prosecution; and
upon failure to pay the same shall be confined in the house of
correction for not less than one year.

Ibid. sec. 3.

89. All fines collected under the two preceding sections shall
be paid one-half to the informer and the other half into the
treasury of the State of Maryland.

Commissioners of Fisheries.

1888, art. 39, sec. 79. 1874, ch 150, sec. 1.

90. The governor, by and with the advice and consent of the
senate, shall biennially appoint two competent persons, who
shall continue in office for two years from the time of their
appointment, and until their successors are appointed, who
shall be known as commissioners of fisheries of Maryland, one
of whom shall come from the eastern and one from the western
shore of the State.

Ibid. sec. 80. 1874, ch. 150, sec. 2.

91. It shall be the duty of said commissioners to inspect all
the waters of this State with a view of stocking the same with
such food fishes as in their judgment shall be most advan-

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