ALBERT C. RITCHIE, GOVERNOR.                    66. 7"

CHAPTER 250.

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Section 42-
of Article 39 of the. Annotated Code of Maryland (1929
Supplement), title ". Fish and Fisheries, " sub-title "Further
Regulations in 'County Waters, " to prohibit fishing in the
waters of Hering Creek, Worcester County, except by rod,,
hook and line.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of
Maryland, That Section 42 of Article 39 of the Annotated
Code of Maryland (1929 Supplement), title "Fish and Fish-
eries, " sub-title "Further Regulations in County Waters, " be
and it is hereby repealed and re-enacted, with amendments, to
read as follows:

42. Worcester County, (a) It shall be unlawful for any
person to fish with stationary nets in that part of the waters of
Sinnepuxent Bay north of South Point, Isle of Wight Bay,
Assawoman Bay and St. Martin's River, which is located equal-
ly at all points on either side of a line drawn through the center
of each of said waters, from the northern to the southern ex-
tremity thereof, and extending in width at all points of said
line one-third part of the distance which separates the opposite
shores of the waters aforesaid at said points.

(b)   It shall be unlawful for any person to haul or fish with
any haul or set seine, or to leave or to permit to remain setting,
any set seine in any parts of the waters of Sinnepuxent Bay
and its tributaries north of South Point, during the interval
from the hours of 6 o'clock, P. M., Saturday of each week
until the hour of 6 o'clock, A. M., of the following Monday.

(c)   No person other than an actual bona fide resident of
Worcester County, or unless, he shall be a taxpayer upon prop-
erty standing in his own name in the said county, to the as-
sessed valuation of $1, 000. 00 or more, or unless he shall first
take out a license as hereinafter provided, shall haul for or
catch fish with any seine, or set net of any description, in the
waters of Sinnepuxent Bay or its tributaries within said coun-
ty; and no person shall fish in the waters of Sinnepuxent Bay
or its tributaries within the limits of Worcester County with
any seine or net of any description containing meshes less than
one and one-half inches square, except only during the months
of July, August, September and October, when this section
shall not apply to fishing for fat backs and crocus.