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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

same is hereby repealed and re-enacted so as to
read as follows :
SEC. 1. That on and after the passage of this

Rights of
owners to fish
in certain
months un-
der specified
conditions.

act it shall be lawful for any owner or owners
of land bordering upon the waters of the Elk,
Sassafras and Bohemia rivers and their tribu-
taries, and of North East river from Turkey
Point to the head of North East river, said river
lying and being in Cecil county, or the limits
thereof, or to whomsoever they may extend the
privilege to take or catch fish from nets or traps
known as pound nets ; provided, however, that
it shall not be lawful to take or catch fish with
such pound nets as aforesaid except in the
months of March, April and May of each year ;
and, provided further, that such pound nets
shall not extend across any channel, nor shall
they be so placed as to in anywise obstruct the
passage of any vessel or boat engaged in trading
in said waters, nor shall any seine or net be used
in that portion of said pound nets that confines
the fish, the meshes of which are less than one-
and-a-quarter inches square, nor shall any stake
or post be used in placing said pound nets of a
greater diameter than four inches in the larg-
est part, nor shall such stake or post be per-
mitted to remain in said waters for a longer
period than that prescribed in this act for the
placing of pound nets.

Effective.

SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That this act shall
take effect from the date of its passage.

Approved April 4, 1888.