EDWIN WARFIELD, ESQ., GOVERNOR.

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SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-
land, That Sections 78, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85 and 86 of

CHAP. 161

Article 39 of the Code of Public General Laws of Mary-
land, entitled "Fish and Fisheries," sub-title "Trout and
other Fish," as amended by the Acts of 1902, Chapter 358,
be and the same are hereby repealed and re-enacted, so as
to read as follows :
78. No person shall catch or in any manner take or kill in
any waters of this State, above a point where the tide ebbs

Repeal and
re-enact.

and flows, any black bass, pickerel or pike perch, otherwise
known as wall-eyed pike, and California salmon, between the
first day of April and the fifteenth day of June, both inclu-
sive, 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 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 five dollars ($5.00) for each fish so unlaw-
fully caught, taken or killed.
79. No person shall catch, or in any manner take or kill,
in said waters, at any time, any white perch of any size less

When unlaw-
ful to catch
black bass,
etc.

than seven inches in length, or any yellow perch of any size
less than eight inches in length, or any pike less than four-
teen inches in length, or any rock, otherwise known as
striped bass, or any laylor 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.
80. No person shall, in this State, in any manner or at
any time, so obstruct any stream above where the tide ebbs

Unlawful to
catch fish
under certain
sizes.

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.
81. Every owner of a dam or dams upon any of the said

Streams not to
be obstructed

waters of this State is hereby required to make and keep in
repair, or cause to be made and kept in repair, and placed
upon said dam or dams at least one fish ladder of such a
character 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.

Fish ladders to
be made and
kept In re-
pair.