236 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 144
Back River and other waters of Baltimore County from the
first day of November to the first day of February in each
and every year, and providing penalties for the violation
thereof and exempting certain waters from the provisions
of this Act, and to prohibit in the waters of Back River and
other waters of Baltimore County the gigging or spearing
of fish with gigs or spears at1 any time during the year, and
providing a penalty therefor.
SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of
Maryland, Chapter 202 of the Acts of the General Assembly
of Maryland of 1892, as repealed and re-enacted by Chapter
237 of the Acts of 1894, and as further amended by Chapter.
158 of the Acts of 1902, and by Chapter 735 of the Acts of
1912, be repealed and re-enacted with amendments so as to
read as follows:
SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That it shall be unlawful for
any person to fish with hook and line from any boat or float
of any kind in the waters of Back River, Seneca Creek, Seneca
River, Salt Petre River and Middle River and their tribu-
taries, in Baltimore County, from the first day of November
to the first day of February in each and every year; and any
person so fishing in said waters shall be guilty of a misde-
meanor, and upon conviction thereof before any justice of the
peace of the State of Maryland, in and for Baltimore County,
of having violated the provisions of this section, shall pay a
fine of not less than ten dollars, nor more than thirty dollars
for each and every offense; one-third of said fine to be paid to
the informer, one-third to the constable or other officer mak-
ing the arrest, and the balance to the treasurer of the board of
county school commissioners of Baltimore County.
SEC. 3. And be it enacted, That the provisions of this Act
shall not apply to that portion of Middle River lying north
of a line drawn from dark's Point on E. Levy's shore to the
"Maryland Yacht Club Point, " and that part of "Dark Head, "
a tributary of said Middle River, lying north of the line drawn
due east from the Maryland Yacht Club Point to "Bull Neck
Shore, " and that part of "Frog Mortar, " a tributary of said
Middle River, lying north of a line drawn from West Point on
"James Hughes Shore" to Weiskettle's landing, and to Nor-
man's creek and Stansbury's creek, tributaries of said Middle
River, and to that portion of Back River lying west of a line
drawn from the end of the wharf on Cherry Grove Farm, to
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