1416 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 929

on published chart No. 7 of the Oyster Survey of 1906 to 1912,
at a position of latitude 38°, 2', 19.20" and longitude 75°, 51',
39.47"; and Porpoise Point shall be considered to be the most
westerly point of the marsh westerly on the Triangulation
Station Has.

4. Talbot County Only—The waters lying between a line
drawn from Lows Point to Bloody Point Lighthouse and a
line drawn from Wades Point to Second Kent or Long Point.

8. CONCURRENT LAWS ON THE POTOMAC RIVER.

(a) It shall be lawful for any citizen of the State of Mary-
land or of the State of Virginia to take fish, oysters or crabs
from the Potomac River after complying with the require-
ments of the laws of the State of which he is a citizen for the
taking of fish, oysters or crabs from the waters of such State;
and any citizen of either State who takes fish, oysters or
crabs from the Potomac River without having complied with
the requirements of the laws of his State as to the taking of
fish, oysters or crabs in its own waters shall be considered
guilty of violating the laws of the State of which he is a citi-
zen, and shall be prosecuted according to such laws. It shall
not be lawful for any person to take or catch fish, oysters or
crabs in any manner whatever in the waters of the Potomac
River unless he be a citizen of Maryland or of Virginia, and
shall have been a resident of the State of which he is a citizen
for twelve months immediately preceding. Any such non-
resident violating this section shall be subject to a fine of Five
Hundred Dollars ($500.00); furthermore, any boat, with its
equipment and cargo, or any net or other appliances used in
violating this section, shall be deemed forfeited to the State.

(b) Closed Season for Catching Oysters. It shall not be
lawful for any citizen of either State to take oysters with tongs
from the waters of the Potomac River between the fifteenth
day of April and the fifteenth day of September of each year,
except as hereinafter provided in Sub-section (d) of this
section; it shall not be lawful for any person to have in
possession any oysters taken from the waters of the Potomac
River between the twentieth day of April and the fifteenth day
of September of each year. Every person found guilty of viola-
ting any of the provisions of this section shall be fined not less
than Fifty Dollars ($50.00) nor more than Five Hundred Dol-
lars ($500.00) for each offense, and the boat, together with its
equipment and cargo, used in violating any such provisions
shall be forfeited to the State.

(c) All oysters taken from any natural locks, beds or shoals
within the Potomac River shall be culled on their natural