1188 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 471

mentioned in any section of this Article whose size of mesh is
less than herein provided: Purse or Buck Wets, 3 inches;
Pound Nets, 2¼ inches; Haul Seines, 2½ inches; Gill Nets,
2½ inches; Fyke and Hoop Nets, 2¼ inches; provided, it
shall be lawful to continue the use of such nets, now owned and
lawfully operated under the laws in effect January 1st, 1929,
until the above date, and the present laws regulating the size
of mesh shall continue in force until the 31st of December,
1931. Nothing in the foregoing provisions of this section limit-
ing the size of mesh shall apply to the catching of eels.

REMOVAL OF STAKES AND NETS.

Sec. 43. It shall be unlawful to permit or allow to remain
in the waters any stakes or nets after the close of the fishing
season or at other times when this Article prohibits stakes and
. nets to be placed, but all nets must be removed at the end of
the season and all stakes must be removed within ten days
thereafter.

EMPTYING SEINES.

Sec. 44. It shall be unlawful for any person to empty his
seine upon the shore or beach so as to leave the small fish to
perish, or in any water less than 12 inches deep, but he shall
at all times empty same in waters of sufficient depth to enable
the smaller fish to return to the waters for growth and ma-
turity.

CHESAPEAKE BAY.

Sec. 45. It shall be unlawful for any person to use nets
of any kind in the waters in that part of the Chesapeake Bay
which lies between a straight line drawn from Drum Point
Lighthouse in Calvert County to Hog Island in St. Mary's
County, and a straight line drawn from Cove Point Light-
house in Calvert County to Cedar Point Lighthouse in St.
Mary's County, nearer than 500 yards in every direction
from any other net, or any net of a total length of more than
175 yards including the leaders or hedges or wings thereof,
or at a greater distance than one-fourth the distance across
the waters above mentioned at low water mark on either side.

HEAD OF BAY.

Sec. 46. The use of pound nets or stake nets shall be
prohibited in the head waters of the Chesapeake Bay herein-