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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

Chapter 278.

AN ACT to repeal, amend and re-enact chapter one

hundred and thirty-four of the acts passed at the

January session, eighteen hundred and seventy-six,

entitled "An act regulating and making lawful the

setting of pound nets in the waters of the Elk, Sas-

safras and Bohemia rivers and their tributaries, in

Cecil county," so as to embrace in said amended act

the waters of Northeast river, from Turkey point

to the head of Northeast river.

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 any owner or owners of land

How lawful.

bordering upon the waters of the Elk, Sassafras and

Bohemia rivers and their tributaries, and of Northeast

river, from Turkey point to the head of Northeast

river, said river lying and being in Cecil county, or

the limits thereof, or to whomsoever they may extend

the privilege to take or catch fish, from nets or traps,

known as pound nets; provided, however, that it shall

not be lawful to take or catch fish with such pound

nets as aforesaid except in the months of March, April

and May of each year; and provided further that such

pound nets shall not extend to or across any channel,

When unlawful

nor shall they be so placed as to in anywise obstruct

the passage of any vessel or boat engaged in trading

in said waters, nor shall any seine or net be used in

that portion of said pound nets that confines the fish,

the meshes of which are less than one and a quarter

inches square, nor shall any stake or post be used in

placing said pound nets of a greater diameter than

four inches in the largest part, nor shall such stake or

post be permitted to remain in said waters for a longer

period than that prescribed in this act for the placing

of pound nets.

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

construed to permit any person or persons to place

such pound nets opposite the shore of any owner or

How construed

owners of lands bordering on said waters, unless the

consent of such owner or owners is first obtained, nor

shall any such pound net be so placed as to obstruct

the hauling of any seine upon any established fishing