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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

SEC. 4. And be it enacted. That this act shall take

effect from and after the date of its passage ; and all

Effective.

acts or parts of acts, whether public, general or local,

inconsistent with this act, be and the same are here-

by repealed.

Approved April 10, 1880.

CHAPTER 447.

AN ACT to repeal chapter two hundred and forty-

one of the acts passed at January session, eigh-

teen hundred and seventy-two, entitled "An act

to protect oysters within the waters of Wicomico

county," and to re-enact the same with amend-

ments, and add additional sections thereto.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assem-

bly of Maryland, That it shall not be lawful for

any person or persons to employ any canoe, boat or

Unlawful to

other vessel in catching or taking oysters with scoop,

take oysters.

scrape, drag or dredge, or any similar instrument,

within the waters of Wicomico county ; nor shall

any person or persons take or catch oysters within

the waters of said county, otherwise than with tongs,

as restricted and regulated by the provisions of the

general oyster law in force in this State.

SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That for the protec-

tion of young oysters in the waters of Wicomico

county, it shall not be lawful for any person or per-

sons to take or catch oysters above a straight line

Bounds and

drawn from Sandy Island on the west side of the

time for tak-

Nanticoke river, to Roaring Point on the east side of

ing.

said river, between the first day of May and the first
day of October, nor shall it be lawful for any person

or persons, to convey beyond the limits of said coun-

ty, any oysters from the first day of May to the first

day of September in each and every year.