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where such instruments are photostated no instrument upon
which a rider or riders have been placed or attached in such
a manner as to obscure, hide or cover any other part of the
instrument shall be offered or received for record and no
instrument not otherwise readily subject to photostating shall
be offered or received for record until a charge equal to three
times the fee now allowed by law for the recording of the
same shall have been paid to such clerk.

SEC. 2. And be It farther enacted, That this Act shall take
effect June 1, 1949.

Approved April 29, 1949.

CHAPTER 543
(House Bill 306)

AN ACT to add a new sub-section to Section 30 of Article 39
of the Annotated Code of Maryland (1947 Supplement),
title "Fish and Fisheries", sub-title "Tidal Waters", said
new sub-section to be known as Sub-section (d) and to
follow immediately after Sub-section (c), prohibiting the
use of haul seines in the waters of Monie Bay and its
tributaries between certain points in Somerset County.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-
land That a new sub-section be and it is hereby added to
Section 30 of Article 39 of the Annotated Code of Maryland
(1947 Supplement), title "Fish and Fisheries", sub-title
"Tidal Waters", said new sub-section to be known as Sub-
section (d) and to follow immediately after Sub-section (c),
and to read as follows:

30.

(d) It shall be unlawful to drag or use any haul seine for
the catching of fish in the waters of Monie Bay and its
tributaries easterly of a straight line drawn from Long
Point in Somerset County to Wingate Point in Somerset
County. Any person violating the provisions of this sub-
section shall be subject to the penalties imposed by Section
64 of this Article, and in addition thereto, any seine or
seines, together with any equipment and boats used in the
violation of this sub-section, shall be confiscated.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act is hereby
declared to be an emergency measure and necessary for the