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or other similar devices within said county for the purpose of
catching raccoons or oppossums.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That any person con-
victed before any justice of the peace of the herein named coun-
ties for violating this Act shall be fined not less than ten dollars
($10) nor more than twenty-five dollars ($25) and costs for
each and every offense, and any deputy game warden, con-
stable or other person who shall procure the conviction of any
person or persons for violating the provisions of this Act, shall
receive one-half of the fine collected and the remaining One-half
of said fine shall be paid over to the State treasurer or the
State Game Department to be credited to the account of the
State Game Protection Fund. Provided, that any person who
fails to pay the fine so imposed shall be committed to jail for
not less than twenty-five nor more than sixty days for each and
every offense.

SEC. 3. And be it further enacted. That all laws, whether
public local or public general laws, inconsistent with the pro-
visions of this Act, be and they are hereby repealed to the
extent of such inconsistency.

SEC. 4. And be it further enacted. That this Act shall take
effect June 1, 1922.

Approved April 13th, 1922.

CHAPTER 316.

AN ACT to repeal Section 79 of Article 39 of the Annotated
Code of Public General Laws of Maryland title, "Fish
and Fisheries," sub-title, "Trout and Other Fish" and to
re-enact the same with Amendments.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-
land, That Section 79 of Article 39 of the Annotated Code of
Public General Laws of Maryland title, "Fish and Fisheries,"
sub-title, "Trout and other Fish," be and the same is hereby
repealed and re-enacted with amendments so as to read as
follows:

79. No person shall catch or in any manner take or kill in the
said waters thereof at any time white or yellow perch of any
size less than seven inches in length, or any pike less than four-