1204 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 471

of this section, and said officers are further authorized to con-
fiscate any hard crabs, peelers or soft crabs of a size less than
the measurements hereinbefore provided, wherever found, and
shall dispose of any crabs so confiscated under the direction of
the Conservation Commissioner to the best interests of the
State.

Sec. 90. Use of Power Prohibited in Boats Engaged in
Scraping Crabs. No person shall use any engine of any kind
in or upon any boat or vessel, while said boat or vessel is being
used, or while said person is engaged in scraping or scooping
crabs in any of the waters of this State.

Sec. 91. Penalty. Any person violating the provisions
of any section of this sub-title "Crabs, " shall be guilty of a mis-
demeanor, and, upon conviction before any justice of the peace
qualified to try same, shall be fined not less than $10. 00 nor
more than $100. 00 and shall stand committed to the County
Jail or the Baltimore City Jail until such fine and costs are
paid.

SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That all Acts or parts
of Acts, general or local, passed by the session of the General
Assembly of Maryland in the year 1929, relating to or in any
way affecting Article 39 of the Code of Public General Laws
of Maryland, title "Fish and Fisheries, " or in any manner
amending or adding to said Article, as said Article existed be-
fore the passage of this Act, or in any way inconsistent with
this Act, shall in no wise be affected by the passage of this
Act, but all such laws shall have the same force and effect as if
this Act had not been passed.

SEC. 4. And be it further enacted, That if any clause, sen-
tence, paragraph or section of this Article shall, for any reason,
be adjudged by any Court of competent jurisdiction to be un-
constitutional and invalid, such judgment shall not affect, im-
pair or invalidate the remainder thereof, but shall be confined
in its operation to the clause, sentence, paragraph or section
thereof so found unconstitutional and invalid.

SEC. 5. And be it further enacted, That ail laws or parts of
laws, general or local, pertaining to fish and fisheries (except
terrapin and turtle, and except as in this Act provided), en-
acted prior to the Session of the General Assembly of Mary-
land in the year 1929, be and the same are hereby repealed.

Approved April 11, 1929.