ALBERT C. RITCHIE, GOVERNOR. 1187
side and 100 yards on the upper side of the mouth of Quantico
Creek, Ruvastico Creek or Barren Creek.
Sec. 41. Worcester County, (a) It shall be unlawful for
any person to fish with stationary nets in that part of the
waters of Sinnepuxent Bay north of South Point, Isle of Wight
Bay, Assawoman Bay and St. Martin's River, which is lo-
cated equally at all points on either side of a line drawn through
the center of each of said waters, from the northern to the
southern extremity thereof, and extending in width at all points
of said line one-third part of the distance which separates the
opposite shores of the waters aforesaid at said points.
(b) It shall be unlawful for any person to haul or fish with
any haul or set seine, or to leave or to permit to remain setting,
any set seine in any parts of the waters of Sinnepuxent Bay
and its tributaries north of South Point, during the interval
from the hours of 6 o'clock P. M., Saturday of each week until
the hour of 6 o'clock A. M. of the following Monday.
(c) No person other than an actual bona fide resident of
Worcester County, or unless he shall be a taxpayer upon prop-
erty standing in his own name in the said county, to the as-
sessed valuation of $1, 000. 00 or more, or unless he shall first
take out a license as hereinafter provided, shall haul for or
catch fish with any seine, or set net of any description, in the
waters of Sinnepuxent Bay or its tributaries within said coun-
ty; and no person shall fish in the waters of Sinnepuxent Bay
or its tributaries within the limits of Worcester County with
any seine or net of any description containing meshes less than
one and one-half inches square, except only during the months
of July, August, September and October, when this section shall
not apply to fishing for fat backs and crocus, (d) The Clerk
of the Court is authorized upon the payment to him of the fee
of $100. 00, and upon application by a non-resident of the
county not being a tax payer, as provided for above, to issue a
license to such applicant authorizing him to fish for one year
with seines and nets in the waters of Sinnepuxent Bay and its
tributaries within said county as a resident of the county is
permitted to do.
SIZES OF MESH.
Sec. 42. Unless otherwise provided in this Article, it shall
be unlawful after December 31st, 1931, to fish with any nets
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