ELIHU B. JACKSON, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR.

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sub-title "Fences," is hereby repealed and re-enacted so as to

read as follows :

SEC. 167. Whenever joint fences have been, or may be estab-

lished in the districts and parts of districts mentioned in section

one hundred and sixty-four and one hundred and sixty-five, and

in district number two or East New Market, district number

twelve or Williamsburg, and district number thirteen or Bucks-

town, for the mutual benefit or advantage of different owners or

Joint
fences.

possessors of adjoining land, it shall be the duty of each party to

keep up in good repair his just and respective proportion thereof,

in the manner following, that is to say, all post and rail or plank

fences shall be at least four feet high, and all worm or other

fences shall be at least five feet high, the height in every case to

be computed from the ground or base of any embankment upon

which said fence is or may be placed.

SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That this act shall take effect from

Effective.

the date of its passage.

Approved April 3, 1890.

CHAPTER 380.

AN ACT declaring certain waters therein described to be interior

waters within St. Mary's county, called and known as " St.

Catherine's sound," and prohibiting the taking or catching

oysters therein by dredge, scrape or scoop.

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

That the body of water lying between the bar or shallows lead-

ing from Foster's Neck shore or landing, in the seventh election

district of St. Mary's county to St. Margeret's island, thence by

Inland

the bar or shallows to St. Catherine's island, and with said island

waters.

and the long bar leading from said island to the end thereof, op-

posite Waterloo point and the main land, from said point to the

first named bar or shallows, at Foster's Neck landing, is hereby

declared an interior body of water opposite St. Mary's county.

SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That it shall not be lawful for any

one to take or catch oysters with dredge, or scrape or scoop, or

Unlawful,

any other implement than tongs within the limits of said sound.

SEC. 3. And be it enacted, That any one taking or catching

oysters in said sound, in violation of the preceding section of this

act, shall be subject to the same fines and penalties as are im-

Fines.

posed on violators of the laws of the State, by illegal dredging

or scraping on any of the exempted oyster grounds of the State.