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officer for complying with his request, said officer's bond shall be

liable for said refusal or failure.

324. If the owner of any mare or colt, upon which a lien.

for stallion's service fees bears, shall sell the same without

Misdemea-

giving notice of said lien to the purchaser thereof, he shall be

nor.

deemed guilty of a misdemeanor if he fails or refuses to satisfy

said lien and costs upon the purchaser's demand, or before the

sale of said mare or colt under execution, and upon conviction he

shall be fined a sum equal to double the amount of the lien, claim

and the costs, and shall stand committed till fine and costs are

paid, and said purchaser shall be entitled to such part of said fine

as will indemnify him for said lien and costs.

Effective.

SEC. 2. Be it enacted, That this act shall take effect from the

date of its passage.

Approved April 8, 1890.

CHAPTER 516.

AN ACT to repeal section one hundred and eighty-five, of article

ten, of the Code of Public Local Laws, title "Dorchester county,

sub-title "Fish," as the same was repealed and re-enacted by the

act of eighteen hundred and ninety, chapter fifty-nine, and to

re-enact the same with amendments and to add an additional

section thereto to be designated "Section one hundred and

eighty-five A."

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

Repeal.

That section one hundred and eighty-five, of article ten, of the

Code of Public Local Laws, title "Dorchester county," sub-title

"Fish," as the same was repealed and re-enacted by the act of

eighteen hundred and ninety, chapter fifty-nine, be and the same

is hereby repealed and re-enacted so as to read as follows :

SEC. 185. It shall be unlawful for any person to use patent

twine weirs, pound-nets, fykes, stick-weirs, or hauling seines of

greater length than three hundred and fifty feet for taking or

catching fish, terrapins or crabs in the following waters of Dor-

chester county: all of that part of Fishing bay north of a line

In certain

from Roasting ear point to the upper side of Duck island cove,

waters

or any of the tributaries of Honga river, Black water river, or its

tributaries, Transquakin river, or its tributaries, except the tribu-

tary known as "Chicamacomico river," Little Choptank and its

tributaries; provided, that the provisions of the sub-title of this

article shall not apply to that portion of this Little Choptank

river and the tributaries thereof lying south of a line drawn from