WM. T. HAMILTON, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR.

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pealed and re-enacted with amendments so as to

read as follows :

SECTION 1. Be it. enacted by the General Assembly

of Maryland, That it shall not be lawful for any

person or persons to take, capture or destroy fish

in the waters of Chester river or its tributaries in

Kent and Queen Anne counties by seine, drag-

When unlaw-

nets, set-nets, fish baskets, fish pots, wiers, pound

ful.

nets, fykes or any other means or contrivance

whatsoever, which is now known or used in the

capturing or destroying fish, or which may hereafter

be invented for that purpose, from the first day of

June to the first day of October, except with hook

and line; provided, however, that seines or

nets may be used for the taking of taylors and

How lawful.

mackerel fish, provided the meshes of such nets

or seines are in the bar not less than one and seven-

eighth inches, or in the mesh less than three and

three-quarter inches.

SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That it shall not be

lawful for any person or portions who use stakes

or poles in setting nets, of whatever class or de-

scription, in the waters mentioned in the first sec-

tion of this act, to leave such stakes or poles in

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the waters where they were used, but shall remove

stakes or poles

or have removed such stakes or poles from the

waters where they were used on or before the

tenth day of June in each year, nor shall they

again be put down in eaid waters prior to the

twentieth day of September following.

SEC. 5. And be it enacted, That upon the informa-

tion of any citizen of either of said counties, that

he knows or verily believes that any person or

Docket a cam.

persons have violated any of the provisions of

this act, before any justice of the peace of either

of the said counties, the justice of the peace of

said counties shall docket a case in the name of

the State of Maryland against such person or per-

sons so charged by oath as offending, and issue a

warrant at once to some one of the constables, or

the sheriff of such county, for the arrest of the

party or parties charged in said oath with such

violation of this act, to be brought before such

justice for trial, and upon conviction shall be fined

Fine for vio-

not less than ten nor more than sixty dollars for

lation.