ALBERT C. RITCHIE, GOVERNOR. 581
CHAPTER 324.

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact with amendments Section
1 of Article 63 of Bagby's Code of Public General Laws of
Maryland, of the year 1924, title "Mechanics' Liens. "

(Vetoed. )

CHAPTER 325.

AN ACT to add a new section to Article 39 of the Annotated
Code of Maryland (1924 Edition), title "Fish and Fish-
eries, " to be under sub-title "Rivers in Charles and St.
Mary's Counties, " to be known as Section 69-A and to
follow immediately after Section 69 of said Article, pro-
hibiting non-residents of said Counties from taking fish of
any description except with hook and line in any of the
waters of said Counties except the Patuxent river.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of
Maryland, That a new section be and the same is hereby added
to Article 39 of the Annotated Code of Maryland (1924
Edition), title aFish and Fisheries, " to be under sub-title
"Rivers in Charles and St. Mary's Counties, " to be known as
Section 69-A, to follow immediately after Section 69 of said
Article, and to read as follows:

69-A. No person except bona fide residents of Charles
and St. Mary's Counties shall, in any of the waters thereof
except the Patuxent river, take or catch fish of any descrip-
tion, including eels, terrapin and turtles, with a seine, gill
net, pound net, trap net, fyke net, eel pot, or any kind of net
or device whatever for taking fish, including eels, terrapin
and turtles, except hook and line. Any person violating any
of the provisions hereof shall, upon conviction, be fined One
Hundred Dollars ($100. 00) or sentenced to the House of
Correction for not less than three months nor more than one
year, or both, in the discretion of the Court.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall
take effect June 1, 1927.

Approved April I, 1927.