1252                        LAWS OF MARYLAND.                  [CH. 499

187-0. The Commissioner shall make rules and regulations
necessary for the administration of this Act.

187P. Nothing herein shall be construed as preventing the
plaintiff in any action at law from relying for security upon
the other processes provided by law.

187Q. If any part, subdivision or section of this Act shall
be deemed unconstitutional, the validity of its remaining pro-
visions shall not be affected thereby.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take
effect January 1, 1932.

Approved April 17, 1931.

CHAPTER 499.

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact with amendments Section 26
of Article 39 of the Annotated Code of Maryland (1929 Sup-
plement), title "Fish and Fisheries, " sub-title "Tidal
Waters, " relating to the use of haul seines.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-
land, That Section 26 of Article 39 of the Annotated Code of
Maryland (1929 Supplement), title "Fish and Fisheries, " sub-
title "Tidal Waters," be and it is hereby repealed and re-enacted
with amendments, to read as follows:

26. Regulation of Nets and Seines. Unless otherwise pro-
vided, it shall be unlawful to set, place, construct or use any
net of any description except floating gill nets or haul seines,
in the waters of this State at a distance greater than
one-third the distance across the waters of any bay, sound,
river, creek, cove or inlet where such net may be set or
used; nor shall any pound or stake nets be closer to an-
other than 400 yards in a parallel line. Nor shall any single
line of fish net stakes, including the pound or head and leader
or hedging have a length greater than 1, 000 feet and between
successive pounds or gill nets in the same row, clear and un-
obstructed intervals of at least 200 feet shall be maintained;
nor shall any stake project out of the water less than two feet
above the surface of the water at all stations of the tide. The
outer end of each pound net shall be plainly marked by a brush