952 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 492

Annotated Code of Public General Laws of Maryland, title
"Fish and Fisheries, " sub-title "Trout and Other Fish, " be
and the same are hereby repealed and re-enacted with amend-
ments so as to read as follows:

Section 81. No person or persons shall take, catch, kill,
fish or fish for any Small-mouth Bass, Large-mouth Bass also
called Straw Bass; Green or Oswego Bass, Crappie, Grass or
Calico Bass; Rock Bass otherwise known as Red-eye or Goggle-
eye or any other species or varieties of fresh fishes commonly
known as Bass within the waters of the State of Maryland

above a point where the tide ebbs and flows between the
fifteenth day of April and the thirtieth day of June, both
dates inclusive, and then only by means of rod, hook and line.
No person or persons shall take, catch, kill, fish, or fish for
any of the fish or fishes named in Section 80 of Article 39
of Bagby's Annotated Code of Public General Laws of Mary-
land, as Game or Fresh Water Fish or Fishes, at any time in

any of the waters in this State above a point where the tide
ebbs and flows with any kind of seine, stir net, drag net, gig
or gig iron, fish baskets or fish pots, eel weirs, bush or fascine
nets or by any means or contrivance in the nature of a seine
or trap which are in use at present or may be devised here-
after. Provided, however, that nothing in this Section shall
be construed as prohibiting the use of the trout-line, rigged
in any manner excepting live bait, and what is commonly
known as a dip-net in catching any fish or fishes except the
species or varieties of Bass mentioned above.

Section 86. No person shall catch or in any manner take
or kill in any waters of this State above a point where the
tide ebbs and flows, any of the game or fresh water fishes
herein named, and no person or persons shall catch, take or
kill or have in possession any brown trout, brook trout or
rainbow trout or any other species of the salmon and trout
family (except Squeteague) of any size less than six inches
nor any large or small mouth bass less than nine inches or
any pike or pickerel less than fourteen, measuring in case of
each fish from the tip of the nose to the end of the caudal fin
or tail, in any manner whatsoever, nor at any time save only
with rod, line and hook or hooks baited with natural bait,
or tied with artificial fly or with a spoon or spinner, each
equipped with a hook, or hooks; provided, however, that noth-
ing in this Section shall be construed as prohibiting the use