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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

to said stock, and that it shall be the duty of the board of

directors, through its president or agent, to make such

demand or erasure of such names in case of default in such

payment as aforesaid, at any time after fifty shares of said

stock shall have been subscribed upon the books of said

corporation if they deem it proper to do so.

SEC. 10. And be it enacted, That nothing in this act

Exempted
from

shall apply to the towns or villages of Brooklyn, Curtis

this act

Bay or South Baltimore or any of the outlying settlements

of Baltimore city situated in this county and known by

these names, and that these settlements are hereby espe-

cially exempted from the provisions of this act.

SEC. 11. And be it enacted, That this act shall take effect

Effective.

from the date of its passage.

Approved April 7th, 1892.

CHAPTER 600.

AN ACT to prohibit the use of any boat, canoe or vessel in

taking or catching crabs with scoop, scrape or dredge in

the waters of the Great Choptank River.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of

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

Catching
crabs

sons to use any boat, canoe or vessel in taking or catching

crabs with scoop, scrape, drag or dredge in the waters of

the Great Choptank River in the State of Maryland.

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

Penalty

violating the provisions of this act shall, upon conviction

before a justice of the peace of this State, be fined in a sum of

not less than ten nor more than twenty-five dollars for each

and every offence, one-half of which fine shall go to the

informer, and the other half to the public school fund of

Dorchester County if the offender is tried and convicted in

said county, or to the public school fund of Talbot County,

if the offender is tried and convicted in said Talbot County.

Approved April 7th, 1892.