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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

	CHAP. 58	any pound net, weir, hedge or other contrivance, now known or hereafter invented, drift seines excepted, for the taking of
	Regulate the taking of fish.	fish in the northwest branch of Nanticoke river, from the channel of the main river to that point on the west bank known as Walnut Landing. SEE. 2. It shall be lawful for any person or persons to
	Regulate the taking of fish.	place any pound net, weir or hedge in the northwest branch of the Nanticoke river, from the before-mentioned Walnut Landing, to the place known as Chimney Landing, on the west bank of said stream, at a distance of less than one- third of a mile between. SEC. 3. Any person or persons violating any of the pro-
	Guilty of mis- demeanor.	visions of sections one and two of this Act shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction before a jus- tice of the peace of the said county shall be fined not less than twenty nor more than fifty dollars and costs, and to stand committed until fine and costs are paid, one-half of said fine to go the public school fund of Dorchester county, and the other half to the State. SEC. 4. And be it further enacted, That all Acts or parts of
	Repeal.	Acts, and all sections or parts of sections of the Code, both of general and local laws now in force in the State of Mary- land, inconsistent with the provisions of this Act, be and the same are hereby repealed. SEC. 5. And be it enacted, That this Act shall take effect from the date of its passage. Approved March 8, 1906. CHAPTER 58. AN ACT to authorize the Mayor and City Council of Balti- more to retain as a public reservation a certain triangular - lot of ground at the intersection of Baltimore street and Hopkins place. WHEREAS, In the opening of Hopkins place by the Mayor
	Preamble.	and City Council of Baltimore, as laid out by the Burnt District Commission, there has been acquired by, and is now vested in, the said Mayor and City Council of Balti- more, a triangular lot of ground hereinafter more particu- larly described; and