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shellfish life, or the propagation, cultivation or conservation
thereof, or to their safety as human food, or in any manner
a menace to said fish or shellfish whether private or public
property, in any waters of the State, the Conservation Com-
mission of Maryland shall forthwith investigate the matter,
and if it be so found shall serve a notice in writing on the
person, firm or corporation, by whose act, default or sufferance
such condition may arise or continue, requiring the abatement
of the same within a time to be fixed by the Commission and
to be specified in the notice, under a penalty of not less than
one hundred dollars, nor more than three hundred dollars, or
imprisonment for not less than one year nor more than three
years, or be both fined and imprisoned, in the discretion of
the Court. It shall be construed as a separate and distinct
offense for each day the nuisance is permitted to continue
after the expiration of the time limit set forth in the notice
for the abatement of such nuisance, provided, however, that
nothing herein contained shall be deemed to alter, change, mod-
ify or restrict the jurisdiction of the State Board of Health
of Maryland; provided, however, that the provisions of this
section shall not apply to the Sewerage Disposal Plant of any
city, town or county in this State.

SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That all laws and parts
of laws, whether general or local, inconsistent with the provi-
sions of this Act, be and the same hereby are repealed to the
extent of such inconsistency.

SEC. 4. And be it further enacted, That this Act is hereby
declared to be an emergency law and necessary for the imme-
diate preservation of the public safety, and being passed upon
a yea and nay vote supported by three-fifths of all the mem-
bers elected to each of the two Houses of the General Assem-
bly, the same shall take effect from the date of its passage.

Approved June 27th, 1917.