ELIHU E JACKSON, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR.

certified under his seal of office, fifty cents ; for
recording the report, endorsing the confirmation
thereon, and filing the same on record, twenty-
five cents.

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

Approved April 4, 1888.

Chapter 300.

AN ACT to protect wild wate'r-fowl, and to pre-
vent fishing with net or seine at certain sea-
sons, in that part of the Chesapeake bay and
its tributaries lying northward of certain lines.

SECTION. 1. Be it enacted by the General Assem-
bly of Maryland, That no person shall, from the

Effective.

fifteenth day of October to the thirty-first day of
December in each year, fish with seine or net of
any kind within the waters of the Chesapeake
bay or its tributaries lying northward by the
following line, that is to say, beginning at the
light house on Turkey Point, in Cecil county,
and running thence westwardly to the most
northerly point of Spesutia island, in Harford
county, and thence west to the mainland in said
last named county.
SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, &c., That no

Shall not fish,
etc.

person shall, at any time, take, catch or trap, or
attempt to take, catch or trap wild water-fowl
by net or nets of any kind within any of the
Chesapeake bay or its tributaries within Cecil,
Harford or Baltimore counties, or within any of
the waters of said bay lying northward of a line
drawn westerly from the most southerly point of
Cecil county, bordering on said bay, to the most
southerly point of Baltimore county bordering
on said bay.
SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, &c., That any

Shall not take,
trap, etc.

person or persons violating any of the provisions
of this act, upon conviction thereof before any
justice of the peace of the county where such
violation took place, or on indictment before the

Penalty for
violation.