1190 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 471

projection of Greenberry Point into the Chesapeake Bay to
the extreme point of Horn Point, shall mark the mouth of
the Severn River for the purpose of this Act.

CHOPTANK RIVER.

Sec. 49. It shall be unlawful for any person to use stake
nets, fyke nets, patent twine wears, or any other devices or
contrivances, to take or catch fish in the waters of the Great
Choptank River having a hedging or any other extension
longer than 800 yards in that part of the river from its mouth
to a line drawn from Benoni's Point to Castle Haven Point,
and having a hedging or any other extension longer than
400 yards in that part of the river between the said line
from Benoni's Point to Castle Haven Point and a line drawn
from Kates Point to Drum Point, and having a hedging or
any other extension longer than 200 yards in that part of
the river above the said line from Kates Point to Drum Point,
and that each net or weir shall not be closer to another than
400 yards; provided, however, that the meshes of all nets
are in the bar not less than one and one-half inches

It shall be unlawful to haul seine of any description what-
ever in the waters of the Choptank River from the 21st
day of Mary to the 31st day of July, both dates inclusive, each
year.

SIZES OF COMMERCIAL FISH.

Sec. 50. No person shall catch or in any manner take
or kill, sell, offer to buy or sell or expose for sale, or have
in possession any Bass, large or small mouth, less than 10
inches; any Catfish less than 7 inches; any Perch, white
or yellow, less than 7 inches; any Pike less than 14 inches;
any Rock, otherwise known as Striped Bass, less than 12
inches in length or weighing more than 15 pounds; any
Sturgeon weighing less than 20 pounds; any Taylor less than
8 inches; measurement in the case of each fish shall be from
the tip of the nose to the end of the caudal fin or tail.

SHAD AND HERRING SEASON.

Sec, 51. The season for catching shad and herring in
the waters of this State shall be as follows:

(a) In Chesapeake Bay and tributaries, below Poole's Is-
land, except in Potomac River, March 1st to May 31st, both
dates inclusive.