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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

CHAP. 368.

first day of April and the fifteenth day of June, both
inclusive, in each and every year, in any manner whatsoever,
nor at any time, save only with rod, line and single hook,
baited with natural bait, or tied with the artificial fly, or with
a spoon or spinner, each equipped with a single hook, or of
any size less than eight inches, measuring in the case of each
fish from the tip of the nose to the end of the caudal fin or
tail, under a penalty of tive dollars ($5.00) for each fish so
unlawfully caught, taken or killed.

Unlawful to
catch any
white
or yellow
perch less
than certain
size.

78 B. No person shall catch or in any manner take or kill,
in said waters, at any time, any white perch of any size less
than seven inches in length, or any yellow perch of any size
less than eight inches in length, or any pike less than fourteen
inches in length, or any rock, otherwise known as striped bass,
or any taylor of any size less than ten inches in length,
measuring, in the case of each fish, from the tip of the nose
to the end of the caudal fin or tail.

Streams not
to he
obstructed.

78 D. No person shall, in this State, in any manner or at
any time, so obstruct any stream above where the tide ebbs
and flows in which trout or other fish have been placed by
the State or natural government, so that said fish shall not
have free access up and down said stream, under a penalty of
not less than ten dollars ($10) nor more than twenty-five
dollars ($25) for every such offense.

Fish ladders
to oe made
and kept in
repair.

78 E. Every owner of a dam or dams upon any of the said
waters of this State is hereby required to make and keep in
repair, or to cause to be made and kept in repair, and placed
upon said dam or dams at least one fish ladder of such a char-
acter as to enable fish to have a free course up and down said
waters at all times, under a penalty of not less than twenty-
five dollars ($25) nor more than one hundred dollars ($100)
for each and every offense.

Unlawful to
throw
dynamite or
other
explosive
substance,
etc.,in water.

78 F. No person shall place, throw or make use of in any of
said waters, except for bona fide engineering, milling or
mining purposes, any dynamite or other explosive substance,
or any lime, poison, acid, saw dust, shavings or any other sub-
stance whatsoever deleterious to or destructive of fish life,
under a penalty of not less than one hundred dollars ($100)
nor more than three hundred dollors ($300), or imprisonment
in the penitentiary for not less than one year nor more than
three years, or be both fined and imprisoned in the discretion
of the Court ; provided, however, that nothing in this section
shall apply to saw mills now in operation until October 1, 1903,
unless said saw mill or mills shall in the meantime change its
or their location ; and further provided, that any saw mill or
mills moving from its or their present location, shall be