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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

CHAPTER 422.
AN ACT to repeal and re-enact with amendment Section 171
of Article 24, of the Code of Public Local Laws, titled
"Worcester County," sub-title "Oysters and Fish."

Repeal.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-
land, That section 171 of Article 24, of the Code of Public
Local Laws, title "Worcester County," sub-title "Oysters and
Fish," as repealed and re-enacted by the General Assembly of
Maryland, January Session, 1888, chapter 246, be and the
same is hereby repealed and re-enacted with amendments, so as
to read as follows :

Catching
oysters in
Sinepuxent
bay regu-
lated.

171. It shall be unlawful for any person to take or cateh any
oysters from the waters of the Sinepuxent bay or its tributaries
unless such person has been a citizen of said county or State
for the period of one year; and it shall furthermore be unlaw-
ful for any person to take or remove any oysters from the
waters of said bay or its tributaries on any Sunday or in the
night at any season during the day, from the first day of May
to the first day of September; or any shells from natural
rocks of said bay at any time; provided, that nothing herein
shall be construed to forbid any person from taking or catching
his own planted oysters at any time or with any kind of instru-
ment; and any person violating any of the provisions of this
section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon indictment
and conviction thereof shall be fined not less than twenty dol-
lars nor more than one hundred dollars, for each offence, and
shall stand committed to the jail of Worcester county till the
fine and costs are paid or both fined as aforesaid, and impris-
oned in the jail of Worcester county, for not less than sixty
days in the discretion of the court.

Effective.

SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That this act shall take effect
from the date of its passage.
Approved April 4, 1896.