1584 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 698

Fisheries," sub-title "Trout and Other Fish," be and the same
are hereby repealed and re-enacted to read as follows:

Section 87. 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 fourteen inches in length, or any rock, otherwise
known as striped bass, less than twelve inches in length, or any
tailor less than eight inches in length, or catfish under seven
inches, or any sturgeon weighing less than twenty pounds or
any rock weighing over twelve pounds.

Section 94. No person shall at any time empty any seine
or net of any description whatsoever upon the beach, shore or
land bordering upon any of the waters of this State, or in the
waters bordering on said beach, shore or land where the water
is less than twelve inches in depth, except that in the waters of
the Chesapeake Bay, above Poole's Island, seines or nets may
be landed upon the shore or upon the flats; and no person shall
at any time so empty any such seine or net as to leave to perish
upon the beach, shore or land or upon any boat or float, any
white or yellow perch of any size less than seven inches in
length, or any rock fish or striped bass, less than twelve inches
in length, or any tailor of any size less than eight inches in
length, or any pike of any size less than fourteen inches in
length, measuring in each case for each one of said fish from
the tip of the nose to the end of the caudal fin or tail, or any
sturgeon weighing less than twenty pounds or any rock weigh-
ing over fifteen pounds; but every person so using any seine or
net of any description, or hook and line, shall immediately cull
over and return to waters where the same is not less than twelve
inches deep, all of the aforesaid fish therein captured of any
size than the aforesaid lengths, or any sturgeon weighing less
than twenty pounds; provided, further, that nothing in this
'section contained shall prevent anyone from capturing and de-
stroying in any manner, save only by the way prohibited by
Section 91, any German carp, or leather carp, or any carp of
any description whatsoever, of any size. Provided that until
January 1st, 1928, the minimum size on rock fish or striped
bass shall be ten inches in length and the maximum size shall
not exceed twenty pounds in weight.

Section 96. No person shall, in this State, sell, or expose
for sale, or buy, any white perch, yellow perch, rock or striped