ALBERT C. RITCHIE, GOVERNOR. 1195

and such person or company may take, in any way and at any
time, upon the premises of any person, under permission of the
owners thereof, brook trout or bass to be kept and used for
artificial propagation only, and for no other purpose. Permits
for propagation of trout and bass in a pond or ponds privately
owned may be issued by the State Game Warden, free of cost_?
however the person propagating any of the game or fresh
water fishes named in this Article must apply for a permit to
transport or sell, barter or exchange any fish or fishes which
may be so offered.

Sec. 67. Unlawful to Take Out of Frederick and Washing-
ton Counties Any Bass Bait, Etc. —Penalty. It shall be un-
lawful for any person to sell and carry, send or ship, out of or
from Frederick or Washington Counties, or sell or dispose of
or furnish to any person for the purpose of taking the same out
of or from Frederick or Washington Counties at any time,
any live bass bait known as scale bait, stony cats or mad toms;
the carrying, sending or shipping from or out of said Frederick
or Washington Counties shall constitute prima facie evidence
of the violation of this Act, and the burden of proof shall be
upon the person so taking, carrying, sending or shipping any
live bass bait known as scale bait, stony cats or mad toms, that
the same are not sold or intended for sale, unless said bait were
taken from the owners of enclosed ponds. Any person violating
any of the provisions of this section shall upon conviction there-
of before any justice of the peace in said Frederick or Washing-
ton Counties, be fined not less than $10 nor more than $50, and
in default of the payment of the fine imposed and costs shall be
sentenced to the county jail for not less than 10 days nor more
than 60 days in the discretion of the justice of the peace.

Sec. 68. Protection of Fish Upon Their Natural Spawning
Grounds—Penalty. No person shall at any time wilfully
molest or disturb, take or catch, destroy or kill any fresh water
fish while they are upon their natural spawning beds. Nor
shall any person catch or take, kill or destroy any of the fish
mentioned by shutting off or drawing off any portion of the
waters in Washington County. Any person violating any pro-
vision of this section shall, upon conviction before any justice
of the peace of said county, forfeit and pay a fine of $20 for
each offense; and upon failure to pay said fine, together with
the costs of prosecution, shall be committed to the jail of said