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	SEC. 4. And be it enacted, That this act shall take	In force.
	effect from the date of its passage.
	Approved March 13, 1878.

	CHAPTER 64.
	AN ACT to repeal section six of chapter two hun-
	dred and seventy-seven of the acts of eighteen
	hundred and seventy-six relating to Oysters and
	Fish in the waters of Synepuxent Bay and its
	tributaries, and to re-enact the following in lieu
	thereof:
	SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly
	of Maryland, That section six of chapter two hun-
	dred and seventy-seven of the acts of eighteen hun-
	dred and seventy-six, entitled "An act to repeal
	chapter seventy-seven of the laws passed in eighteen hundred and seventy-four, relating to oysters in Synepuxent Bay and its tributaries, and to re-enact	Repealed and re-enacted.
	the same, with amendments, " and also to protect
	fish therein," be and the same is hereby repealed
	and the following enacted in lieu thereof.
	6. It shall not be lawful for any person or persons	Not lawful.
	to haul or fish in any of the waters of Synepuxent
	Bay or its tributaries, comprised within the limits
	of "Worcester county," with any seine containing	Seine
	meshes less than one and a half inches square, un-
	less said seine shall be less than one hundred fath-
	oms in length.
	SUB-SEC. 6. Any person who shall violate any of
	the provisions of the preceding section shall be
	deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon convic- tion thereof before a justice of the peace, or upon	Penalty.
	indictment and conviction in the Circuit Court for
	Worcester county, shall be fined not less than twenty-
	five dollars nor more than one hundred dollars, one-
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