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CHAP. 629
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CHAPTER 529.
AN ACT to amend Article 11 of the Code of Public Local
Laws, title " Frederick County, " sub-title " Fish, " by add-
ing a new Section thereto, to be known as Section 145 A.
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New section
added.
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SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of
Maryland, That Article 11 of the Code of Public Local
Laws, title ''Frederick County, " sub-title "Fish, " be amended
by adding; a new section thereto, to be known as section 145 A,
so as to read us follows:
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Unlawful
for a
non-resident
to catch or
kill fish, etc.
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145 A. It shall not be lawful for any person not a bona fide
resident or taxpayer of the State of Maryland, to catch or kill
in any manner whatsoever, any fish in the Monocacy river or
any of its tributaries, within the limits of said county, at any
place north of and above the bridge crossing the Monocacy
river on the turnpike road leading from Woodsboro to
Creagerstown, without having first obtained from the clerk
of the Circuit Court for said county a license to fish in said
river and its tributaries for the period of one year, from the
date of the issue thereof, and such license shall not be trans-
ferrable; a license fee of ten dollars shall be charged for such
license, besides the fifty cents to said clerk for issuing such
license; the whole amount of license money so received shall
be paid by said clerk to the Board of School Commissioners
of said county, for the use of the public schools therein. Any
non-resident of said State convicted before a justice of the
peace for fishing in the aforesaid waters of said county with-
out such license shall be fined ten dollars for each offense,
and in default of the payment of such fine and costs shall
stand committed to the county jail for a period of thirty days;
and for the purpose of the strict enforcement of the aforesaid
provisions of this (and the next preceding) section the sheriff,
deputy sheriff, constables and road supervisors in said county
are hereby clothed with the powers conferred oa game
wardens and deputy game wardens by the general laws of
this State, and shall receive similar remuneration. The
licensees under this section shall always when fishing, carry
their licenses with them, and shall present them to any of the
aforegoing officers when demanded by them, and upon failure
to produce such license, the said officer shall immediately
arrest such party and take him before the nearest justice of
the peace for trial.
SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That this Act shall take effect
from the date of its passage.
Approved April 11, 1902.
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