WM. PRESTON LANE, JR., GOVERNOR. 1779

soft and peeler crabs, and to make regulations with respect
to taking and possessing any fat crab, or any crab known as
a snot crab, green crab, or buckram crab (a crab that has
a paper shell). Provided, however, that nothing in this sec-
tion shall be construed to empower said Commission to change
existing license fees for taking, picking, canning, packing, or
shipping cooked hard or soft crabs or crab meat; or for sell-
ing, marketing or shipping live hard or soft crabs by barrel
or crate. The Commission, however, shall have the power
to fix license fees on types of gear or equipment not now
permitted under existing statutes but which may hereafter
be authorized.

111A. It shall be lawful for any person or persons to take
or catch crabs by scrape, dip net and trot line in any of the
waters of the State and in no other manner or by any other
means, except that in Kent and Queen Anne's Counties soft
crabs may be taken by means of hand-drawn net scrape, and
in Anne Arundel County, except within the waters of the
Severn River, hard or soft crabs may be taken by means
of crab seines not exceeding fifty feet in length and pro-
vided the seines are hauled up in the water and not on
shore. Any person violating the provisions of this section
shall, upon conviction thereof, be fined not more than fifty
dollars ($50.00) for each such violation. The provisions of
this section shall not apply to Apes Hole, Johnson Creek,
Marumisco Creek and little Annamessex River.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take
effect June 1, 1947.

Approved April 25, 1947.

CHAPTER 728.
(House Bill 344)

AN ACT to incorporate the "Town of Springdale", in
Chillum Election District in Prince George's County,
Maryland, adjoining the District of Columbia, the City of
Hyattsville, and the Town of Mt. Rainier, consisting of
two or three certain districts, and to provide for the
government thereof; and to define the boundaries of each
of said three districts, to provide that any two or more of
said districts voting in favor of incorporation shall consti-
tute the municipality of the Town of Springdale, and to