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78 G. No person shall at any time empty any seine or net of
any description whatsoever upon the beach, shore or land
bordering upon any of the waters of this State, above tide,
and no person shall at any time so empty any such seine or
net as to leave to perish upon the said beach, shore or land,
or upon any boat or float 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 rock fish or striped bass,
or any taylor of any size less than ten inches in length, or
any pike of any size less than fourteen inches in length,
measuring in the case of each one of the said fish from the
tip of the nose to the end of the caudal tin or tail ; but every
person so using any seine or net of any description shall
immediately and carefully cull over and return alive, if
possible, to water of not less than twelve inches deep, all of
the aforesaid fish therein captured of any size less than the
aforesaid respective lengths, under a penalty of not less than
twenty-five dollars ($25.00), nor more than one hundred
dollars ($100.00), fur each and every offense ; provided, how-
ever, that nothing in this section contained shall prevent any
one from capturing and destroying, in any manner, save only
by the way prohibited by section 78 F, of this Act, any Ger-
man carp, or any leather carp, or any carp of any description
whatsoever of any size.
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Unlawful to
empty any
seine or net
upon beach,
etc,
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78 H. All justices of the peace of this State, in and for the
city or connty wherein the offense shall be committed, shall
have jurisdiction to hear and determine all prosecutions for
the purpose of enforcing fines and penalties collectible under
the provisions of this Act, and all such fines and penalties are
hereby expressly made subject to the provisions of section 8
of chapter 293 of the Acts of the General Assembly of
Maryland, passed at the session 1896 ; and in all cases where
such prosecutions are begun or instituted by any person other
than the State game warden, or one of his deputy game
wardens of this State, and shall result in the collection of a
fine or fines, then one-half of such fine or fines, after the
proper Court costs, or costs of the magistrate in convicting
the offender shall have been paid, shall be paid to the informer,
and the other half to the school fund of the city or county in
which said prosecution is conducted. It shall be unlawful for
any person or persons in any manner to throw or cause to be
thrown any slab of timber or other substance across or into
any stream, under a penalty of two dollars ($2.00) for each
fish so caught, taken or killed.
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Justices of
the peace
have
Jurisdiction.
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