1440 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 501

CHAPTER 501.

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact with amendments Section 1 of
Chapter 583 of the Acts of 1900, the said amendments giv-
ing' to residents of St. Mary's County equal rights with citi-
zens of Charles County to take and catch fish in those parts
of the Wicomico River and its tributaries which he between
said Counties.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-
land, That Section 1 of Chapter 583 of the Acts of 1900 be
and it is hereby repealed and re-enacted with amendments so
as to read as follows:

1. It shall not be lawful for any person or persons except
bona fide residents of Charles County to take or catch terra-
pins, or to haul a seine, or set a fish net in any of the inlets
or tributaries of the Potomac River, lying in Charles County,
nor within five hundred (500) yards of the beach on the
Potomac River, between Bryan's Point, in Charles County,
and Cheseldine's Island, in St. Mary's County, nor in the
Wicomico River or its tributaries; provided, that in those
parts of the Wicomico River and its tributaries lying between
Charles and St, Mary's Counties, bona fide residents of St.
Mary's County shall have the same right to take and catch
terrapins, or to haul a seine, or set a fish net, as is hereby
conferred upon bona fide residents of Charles County; and
provided, that persons owning or occupying lands on the
Wicomico River, or on the Potomac River or any
tributaries thereof in Charles County, shall have the
right to rent or otherwise grant to non-residents of
the County the privilege of fishing on their shores or
within the prohibited line on their water front; provided, fur-
ther, that any landowner desiring or intending to rent or
grant the privilege to fish on his water front shall ascertain
and distinctly mark the line dividing his land and water front
from that of the adjoining landowner, and the manner of
marking said dividing line shall be by fixing a substantial
stake or buoy immediately on his dividing line five hundred
(500) yards from the beach, and another in the same line half-
way between the beach and the outer stake or buoy; and when
the water front is on a creek, the centre of the creek shall be
marked in a similar manner to prevent an infringement on
the rights of persons owning the opposite shore.