WM. T. HAMILTON, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR.

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copy of such certificate so filed shall be evidence

of the corporate existence of said new corporation.

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

Effective.

take effect from the date of its passage.

Approved May 3, 1882.

Chapter 440.

AN ACT to add additional sections to article forty-

one of the Code of Public General Laws, entitled

" Fish and Fisheries," and to protect the fish in

the waters of the upper Potomac river and its

tributaries, and to provide for the erection of fish

ways over the several dams thereof.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assem-

bly of Maryland, That the following sections be

added to article forty-one of the Code of Public

Sections added

General Laws, title " Fish and Fisheries," to be

known as sections 15 A, 15 B, 15 C, 15 E, 15 D,

15 F, 15 G, 15 H.

SECTION 15 A. It shall not be lawful for any per-

son to catch or destroy, or to attempt to catch or

destroy, any fish in the waters of the Potomac river

or tributaries, above the place commonly known as

When unlaw-
ful.

the " Little Falls " of the Potomac, during the

month of May, except shad and herring, which may

be caught at any time.

SECTION 15 B. It shall not be lawful for any per-

son to catch or destroy, or to attempt to catch or

destroy, fish in the waters of the Potomac river and

tributaries above the said " Little Falls " of the

Potomac at any time by means of sledging, or by

trot or out lines set with live bait; nor shall it be

lawful to catch or destroy, or attempt to catch or

Where not to

destroy, any black bass or salmon in any manner

destroy fish.

between the first day of May and the first day of

June in each year; nor shall it be lawful for any

person to kill fish with poison or drug, or by the

explosion of powder or other substance at any time.

SECTION 15 C. The Fish Commissioner of the

Western Shore of the State shall cause to be erected