JOHN LEE CARROLL, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR. 715

teenth day of January, eighteen hundred and seven-
ty-seven ; provided the cost of the same shall not exceed the sum of one hundred and fifty dollars.
SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That one copy shall be sent to the Clerk of the Circuit Court for each
of the counties of the State and Baltimore city, one
copy to the Maryland Historical Society, one copy	How distrib-
to the Peabody Institute, one copy to the Johns	uted.
Hopkins University, and one copy to the Library of Congress, and that the Comptroller of the State be
and he is hereby authorized to issue, upon the cer-
tificate of the Commissioner of the Land Office, his
warrant upon the Treasurer for the sum of one hun-
dred and fifty dollars.
SEC. 3. And le it enacted, That this act shall take	In force.
effect from the date of its passage.
Approved April 5, 1878.
CHAPTER 452.
AN ACT to protect fish in the waters of the Eastern
Branch of the Potomac and its tributaries in
Prince George's county.
SECTION 1. Be it enacted, by the General Assembly
of Maryland, That it shall be unlawful for any
person to catch, trap or kill any of the fish known	Unlawful to
as trout, bass or salmon in the waters of the eastern	catch or kill
branch of the Potomac and its tributaries in Prince	trout, &c.
George's county within two years from the passage of this act, and after that time they are only to be
taken with the hook and line between the fifteenth
day of August and the fifteenth day of May in each
and every year.
SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That any per-
son violating any of the provisions of the preceding section shall, upon conviction before a justice of the	Penalty for violation.