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east to the Eastern Shore without first obtaining a license so
to do from the Comptroller of the Treasury, and the appli-
cant shall pay the sum of twenty-five dollars for each and every
purse net owned and operated by him, whereupon the said
Comptroller shall issue to such applicants a license or licenses
to operate such purse net or nets, and all monies arising from
said licenses shall be paid into the State Treasury for the
maintenance of the State Oyster Navy, and any person failing
to procure such license and violating the provisions of this
section shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and on con-
viction thereof shall be subject to the fines and penalties im-
posed by Section 3 of this Article and to the penalties imposed
by the Statutes of Maryland for failure to procure licenses
wherever required by law.

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

Approved April 8, 1908.

= CHAPTER 129.

AN ACT to repeal Section 33 of Article 39 of the Code of Pub-
lic General Laws of Maryland, title "Fish and Fisheries, "
sub-title "Patuxent, " and providing for the raising of pound
nets over Sunday in the Patuxent river.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the
State of Maryland, That Section 33 of Article 39 of the Code of
Public General Laws of the State of Maryland, title "Fish and
Fisheries, " sub-title "Patuxent, " be and the same is hereby
repealed.

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

Approved March 25, 1908.

CHAPTER 293.

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AN ACT to regulate pound net fishing in the Patuxent river.
SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-
land, That it shall not be lawful for any person, persons or
corporation to set, place, construct or use any nets (known as
pound nets) in the waters of the Patuxent river, or in any
creek, cove or inlet, on either side of said river above Magru-
der's Ferry wharf, in Prince George's county, nor shall it be
lawful to set such pounds between Magruder's Ferry wharf