ELIHU E. JACKSON, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR.

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or have in possession, or sell or offer for sale within said county,

any bass, perch, cat fish or bull head pike or pickerel, of less

length than ten inches from, end of snout to end of caudal fin,

any person who shall catch or take from said waters, any fish

mentioned in this section, of less length than is herein specified,

shall immediately place such fish back in the waters from which

Unlawful.

it was taken, and shall use due care not to kill or injure the same ;

any person violating any of the provisions of this section shall,

upon conviction before auy justice of the peace of said county,

forfeit and pay a fine of five dollars for attempting to catch any

of said fish as herein forbidden, and five dollars for each fish so

caught, taken, killed sold or offered for sale, or had in possession,

and in default of payment of such fine and costs of prosecution,

shall be committed to the jail of said county for a period of not

less than five, nor more than thirty days.

138. No person shall place within the waters of Washington

county, Maryland, for any purpose whatsoever, any net, seine,

pound or trap-net, drag-net, stir-net or set-net; nor shall it be

lawful to use any method of sledging, gigging, or any snare or

devise whatsoever, for taking any fish except by angle with a hand

line or rod, and line held in hand, or by dip-net, all trot or out-

lines, nets, seines and other devices forbidden by this section to be

used, are hereby declared to be nuisances and contraband, and any

person finding the same in the waters of said county or adjacent

Contra-
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thereto, is authorized to destroy such contraband articles and no

action for damages shall lie against them for such destruction ;

any person violating any of the provisions of this section, shall

upon conviction before any justice of the peace of said county,

forfeit and pay a fine of not less than ten nor more than thirty-

five dollars and the cost of the prosecution, and in default of pay-

ment of said fine and costs to be committed to the jail of said

county for a period of not less than ten nor more than thirty

days.

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

Effective.

take effect from the date of its passage.

Approved April 3, 1890.