1186 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 471

the haul of any seine upon any established fishing shore on. said
waters, unless so placed by the owners of such fishing shore.

Sec. 36. Queen Anne's County. It shall be unlawful for
any person to fish with any kind of nets in the waters of Chester
River and its tributaries, and Eastern Bay and its tributaries
lying within the jurisdictional limits of Queen Anne's County,
during the month of July in each year, except Cox Creek and
its tributaries, which is closed to all nets with the exception of
fyke and gill nets.

Sec. 37. St. Mary's County. (a) It shall be unlawful to
haul a seine of greater length than 80 fathoms within a mile
of the Maryland shore in that portion of the Potomac River
between Cobb's Point in Charles County and Point Lookout
in St. Mary's County, except from the 15th day of March to
the 15th day of May, both dates inclusive, in each year.

(b) It shall be unlawful for any person to fish with seine
or net of any kind in the waters of Chaptico Bay and other
waters of the Wicomico River within the limits of St. Mary's
County, within 500 yards of any established ducking blind
during the open season for shooting ducks or other wild fowl.

(e) It shall be unlawful for any person to set fish traps or
nets or haul seine in the waters of St. Catherine's Sound in
the waters of St. Mary's County.

Sec, 38. Somerset County. It shall be unlawful for any
person to fish in the waters of Colburn's Creek with any kind
of seine, net or weir, except such nets as are used for catching
rock fish, during the months of March, April, and May; which
said last mentioned nets shall not exceed 20 fathoms in length.

Sec. 39. Talbot County. It shall be unlawful for any
person to catch fish in Skipton Creek with haul seines from the
20th day of May to the 31st day of July next succeeding, both
dates inclusive in each year; and to catch fish with any kind
of a net in any of the other waters lying in said county between
the 21st day of May and the 31st day of July next succeeding,
both dates inclusive, except that gill nets may be used at all
times in the waters of Miles River and its tributaries and all
the tributaries of the Wye and Great Choptank Rivers.

Sec. 40. Wicomico County. It shall be unlawful for any
person to catch fish with any net within 500 yards on the lower