WM. T. HAMILTON, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR.

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as assessors such compensation as said commission-

ers shall allow; and the said commissioners shall

have power to alter and amend the said assess-

ments whenever they think that justice requires it.

26. That the three commissioners now in office

shall remain and continue to be commissioners of

Tenure of
office.

Snow Hill until the first election under this act,

and until their successors are elected and qualified.

SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That all laws or parts

of laws inconsistent with any of the provisions of

Inconsistent
laws repealed.

this act be and the same are hereby repealed to

the extent of such inconsistency.

SEC. 3. And be it enacted, That this act shall

Effective.

take effect from the date of its passage.

Approved May 3, 1882.

Chapter 336.

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact section eighty-

seven of article twenty of the Code of Public

Local Laws, title " Talbot county," sub-title

" Fish."

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly

of Maryland, That section eighty-seven of article

twenty of the Code of Public Local Laws, title

Repealed and
re-enacted.

"Talbot county," sub-title "Fish," be and the

same is hereby repealed and re-enacted so as to

read as follows :

SEC. 87. And be it enacted, That it shall not be

lawful for any one to take or catch fish in the

waters of Talbot county with seines having meshes

of a size less than six inches around the square,

or to land any seine upon the shores of any owner

or occupant of land without the consent of such

When unlaw-

owner or occupant, nor shall it be lawful for any

ful.

one, except bona fide residents of said county, to

take or catch crabs from any of such waters of a

greater depth than three feet; provided nothing

in this act shall apply to citizens of Dorchester

county fishing in the Choptank river.

Approved May 3, 1882.