1346 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 551

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-
land, That Section 48 of Article 39 of the Annotated Code
of Maryland (1935 Supplement), title "Fish and Fisheries",
sub-title "Nets and Seines", be and it is hereby repealed and
re-enacted with amendments, to read as follows:

48. PATUXENT RIVER. It shall be unlawful for any person
to set, place, construct or use any net of any kind or descrip-
tion in any part of the Patuxent River from Queen Anne
Bridge to the mouth of said river, nearer than 500 yards
in every direction from any other net; or to set, place, con-
struct or use any net more than 175 yards in length, includ-
ing the leaders or hedges or wings thereto, below a straight
line from Holland's Cliffs across said river to a point on the
shore directly opposite said Holland's Cliffs; or to set, place,
construct or use any net more than 50 yards in length in-
cluding the leaders, hedges or wings thereto, above the said
straight line from Holland's Cliffs; or to set any nets at a
greater distance across the waters of the Patuxent River
from low water mark on either side, or to use nets of greater
length than the lengths permitted in the waters mentioned,
provided that the above shall not apply to floating gill nets
or seines.

It shall be unlawful to use or haul any seine or gill net in
any creek, cove or tributary of the Patuxent River at any
time when the mouth of the creek or tributary is less than
200 feet wide.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take
effect June 1, 1937.

Approved May 18, 1937.

CHAPTER 551.

AN ACT to authorize and direct the County Commissioners of
Charles County to issue under certain conditions coupon
bonds to the extent of Twenty-five Thousand Dollars
($25, 000. 00) on the faith and credit of said County for
erecting, equipping and furnishing a Hospital for Charles
County and to levy a tax on the assessable property of said
County to pay the interest on said bonds and to pay for
said bonds as they become due and payable, if the receipts
from the licenses for the sale of alcoholic beverages are in-
sufficient in any year to pay the same.