ROBERT M. McLANB, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR.

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duty or obligation on the part of or relating to any

present tax collector in said county; but all such suits

and actions, and all proceedings under the acts hereby
repealed, shall be prosecuted and proceeded with to

Not affect suits

final determination and judgment or final order, and

all other proceedings proper to be had, shall be had in

relation to such suits, actions or proceedings, or in re-

lation to such duties or obligations, as if the acts re-

pealed hereby had not been repealed, and as if this

act had not been passed.

Approved April 8, 1884.

Chapter 463.

AN ACT to protect oysters in the waters of the trib-

utaries of the Potomac river, bordering upon the

shores of Saint Mary's and Charles counties.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly

of Maryland, That it shall not be lawful for any per-

Unlawful to

son or persons to employ any canoe, boat or vessel in

take oysters.

catching or taking oysters with scoop, scrape, drag or

dredge, or any similar instrument within the waters of

the tributaries of the Potomac river bordering upon

the shores of Saint Mary's and Charles counties, in

this state, from the most eastern point of the head-

laud, known as Posey's Bluff, to a buoy near the

southern or southeastern point or prong of Herron

Island, thence to a buoy near the end of Cobb Point

bar, thence to Piney Point light-house, thence to the

end of Saint George's Island bar, thence to Cornfield

Point, in Saint Mary's county; and from the eastern

Boundaries

extremity of Posey's Bluff, running along the Poto-

mac river, including all the tributaries of said river in

Charles county as far as Nanjemoy creek, nor shall

any person or persons take or catch oysters for sale

within said waters otherwise than with tongs, as re-

stricted and regulated by the provisions of the general

oyster law in force in this state.

SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That any person or per-

sons violating the provisions of this act shall be fined

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