ROBERT M. McLANE, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR.

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Chapter 515.

AN ACT to regulate the time and manner of Taking

and Catching Fish in that part and portion of the

Eastern Bay within the limits of Queen Anne's

county, and its tributaries within the limits of the

same.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly

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

son or persons to take, capture or catch fish in the

waters of the Eastern bay within the limits of Queen

Anne's county, or its tributaries within the limits of

the same, by seines, dragnets, set-nets, fish baskets, fish

pots, weirs, pound nets, fykes or any other means or

contrivance whatsoever which is now known or used

in the capturing or the destroying of fish, or which

When unlawful

may hereafter be invented for that purpose, from the

twentieth day of May to the tenth day of September,

except with hook and line; provided, however, seines

or nets may be used for taking of taylors and 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 not less than three and three-quarter inches.

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

ful for any person or persons, in said waters mentioned

in the first section of this act, to empty their seines on

Where to emp-

the beach or shore, at any time whilst so fishing, as to

ty small flab.

leave the smaller fish to perish, but to empty the same

in water of sufficient depth, that smaller fish may live

and grow.

SEC. 3. And be it enacted, That no person or per-

sons other than the owner or owners, occupant or

occupants, of land bordering on and adjacent to the

waters named in the first section of this act, and they

bona fide citizens of Queen Anne's county, shall, with

seine, net or trap of any description, take or catch fish

in the waters above named; provided that the person

Who has the

right.

or persons owning or occupying land bordering on the

above mentioned waters shall have the right to rent

or otherwise grant to any person or persons the privi-

lege of taking or catching fish, as provided for in this

act, on their shores; and further provided, the right to

take or catch fish with hook and line shall be allowed

to all persons at all times.