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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

the parties to such contract of sale or lease; provided,

however, that no such lease or contract shall be entered

into until the same shall have been sanctioned by the

To be sanction-
ed by stockhol-

holders of a majority of the capital stock of the said

ders.

Hagerstown and State Line liailroad Company in

person, or by proxy, at a general or special meeting

of its stockholders convened in accordance with the

terms of its charter.

Approved March 27, 1884.

Chapter 134.

AN ACT to permit the catching of Terrapins in the

waters of the Patuxent river and its tributaries,

lying within the counties of Calvert, St. Mary's and

Charles.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly

of Maryland, That on and after the passage of this

act, it shall be lawful for the bona-fide citizens of Cal-

When lawful to

vert, St. Mary's and Charles counties, to catch terra-

catch terrapins.

pins in the waters of the Patuxent river and its tribu-

taries in said counties, between the first day of Sep-

tember in each and every year, until the first day of

June next succeeding.

SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That none but bona-fide

Who are to

citizens of Calvert, St. Mary's and Charles counties,

catch terrapins.

shall catch terrapins in the waters of the Patuxent

river and its tributaries in said counties.

SEC. 3. And be it enacted, That any person or per-

sons violating the above sections of this act shall be

deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction

thereof before any justice of the peace for Calvert, St.

Mary's and Charles counties, shall be fined not less

Penalty for vio-
lation.

than five nor more than two hundred dollars, one-half

to be paid to the informer and the other half to the

county commissioners of the county of which the jus-

tice of the peace having jurisdiction and trying the

case is a resident, for the use and benefit of public

schools of said county.