ELIHU E. JACKSON, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR.

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duty of said road commissioners to draw at the commencement

of the month on the county commissioners in such form and on

such blanks as may be prescribea and furnished by the county

commissioners, for such sums as they may estimate may be re-

quired by them during said month, which said sum shall not be

for any one month in excess of one-fourth of the penal sum named

in their respective bonds, which sum if approved by the county

commissioners shall be advanced by said county commissioners

and charged to the road commissioners so requiring the same,

and shall be accounted for by them at the end of the month; no

second requisition of any road commissioner shall be paid by the

county commissioners until the preceding one has been accounted

for.

SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That the provisions of this act shall

not apply to the first district of Baltimore county, and that as to

Exception!

said district the provisions of the law repealed by this act shall

be and remain in full force as if this act had not been passed.

SEC. 3. And be it enacted, That this act shall take effect from

Effective.

the date of its passage.

Approved April 8, 1890.

CHAPTER 331.

AN ACT to better protect fish in certain waters of the Little

Choptank river.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,

That it shall be unlawful for any other than bona fide citizens or

residents of Parson's creek district in Dorchester county, to haul

Unlawful.

seine or set fish or terrapin traps of any device whatever in the

waters of the Little Choptank river, south of a line drawn from

the north end of James' point, to the north end of the Susque-

hanna shore of said river.

SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That any person or persons violating

the provisions of the preceding section, shall upon conviction

before any justice of the peace of Dorchester county, be fined not

less than twenty dollars and cost, and shall forfeit the boat or

Fine.

vessel and all nets, seines, devices or tackle so used in taking fish

or terrapins; and the boat or vessel and all nets, seines, devices

or tackle captured and condemned for a violation of this act shall

be immediately advertised by printed or written, handbills, and

sold to the highest bidder for cash in ten days thereafter, and the

money arising from such sale and fines after deducting the legal

costs shall be paid one-half to the informer, and the other half

to the school fund of said county, and in default of payment of

said fine and costs, the person or persons so committed" shall be