ALBERT C. RITCHIE, GOVERNOR. 1185

300 yards from shore nor more than one-third the breadth of
the water at the place where the net may be fished, nor closer
than 200 yards of each other in the Transquaking or Chica-
comico Rivers; nor shall it be lawful in the waters of Fishing
Bay south of a line drawn from Blackwater Point to Irish
Creek and north of a line drawn from Roasting Ear Point to
Duck Island Point to set any weir more than 400 yards from
shore, or to set any kind of gill nets or weirs closer to each
other than 400 yards; or to set any row of gill nets more than
400 yards in length; nor shall it be lawful in the waters of
Fishing Bay south of the said line from Roasting Ear Point
to Duck Island Point to set any weir beyond a depth of 18
feet in said waters.

(e) It shall not be lawful for any person to place any pound
net, weir, or hedge in the northwest branch of the Nanticoke
River, from Walnut Landing to the place known as Chimney
Landing, on the west branch of said stream, at a distance less,
than one-third of a mile apart.

Sec. 34. Harford County, (a) It shall be unlawful for
any person to fish with hauling seine or staked nets in the
waters of Swan Creek from the 15th day of July to the
20th day of September, both dates inclusive in every year, and
in the waters of the Gunpowder River lying in Harford Coun-
ty from the 15th day of May to the 15th day of September,
both dates inclusive in each year.

(b) It shall be unlawful for any person to fish with hauling
seine in the waters of Bush River or any of its tributaries in
Harford County at all times.

(c) It shall be unlawful for any person to fish pound nets-
in any part of the Gunpowder and Bush Rivers lying in Har-
ford County a distance of over 250 yards from the shore line
at mean low water tide.

(d) It shall be unlawful to use any pound net or staked
net in the waters of the Susquehanna River.

Sec. 35. Kent County. Pound nets may be set in. the waters
of Sassafras River and its tributaries lying in Kent County
from Luke's Point to the head of said river from the 1st day
of August to the 31st day of May next ensuing, both dates in-
clusive; provided such pound net be not placed so as to obstruct
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