258 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 119

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of
Maryland, That Section 47 of Article 39 of the Annotated
Code of Maryland (1935 Supplement), title "Fish and
Fisheries, " sub-title "Nets and Seines, " be and it is hereby
repealed and re-enacted with amendments to read as fol-
lows:

47. Head of Bay. The use of pound nets or stake nets
shall be prohibited in the head waters of the Chesapeake
Bay hereinafter defined, except not to exceed 800 yards
from the natural shore line in Cecil County and except the
bay shore of Kent County up to Howell's Point, and except
on the west side of the Bay from Pooles Island north to one-
half mile north of Spesutia Island, not to exceed 800 yards
from the shore. For the purpose of this section the head
waters of the Chesapeake Bay shall be defined as follows:
All waters embraced in the area marked by the following
line, viz: Beginning at Concord Point and running in a
northeasterly direction, crossing Susquehanna River to
Stump Point, thence to Carpenter's Point, thence to Turkey
Point, thence to Grove Point, all in Cecil County, thence
to Howell's Point, Kent County, continuing in a straight
line from Howell's Point in a southwesterly direction
across said Bay to Abbey Point, the northernmost point at
the entrance of Bush River, thence northerly by a line fol-
lowing the bay shore of Harford County to Mulberry
Point, thence to Bear Point, Sandy Point, and to Locust
Point on Specutia Island, thence to the southernmost point
at the entrance of Swan Creek, and thence crossing Swan
Creek and continuing in a northerly direction following the
bay shore to Concord Point, the place of beginning.

SEC. 2. 'And be it further enacted, That this Act shall
be called an emergency law and necessary to the imme-
diate preservation of the public health and safety, and be-
ing passed upon by a yea and nay vote supported by three-
fifths of all the members elected to each of the two Houses
of the General Assembly, the same shall take effect from
the date of its passage.

Approved April 29, 1936.