1840 LAWS OF MARYLAND [CH. 615

CHAPTER 615
(Senate Bill 355)

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Section
68 of Article 39 of the Annotated Code of Maryland
(1939 Edition), title "Fish and Fisheries, " sub-title
"Concurrent Law on the Potomac River, " relating to the
jurisdiction for the prosecution of certain persons who
commit offenses against the provisions of Sections 65,
66 and 68 to 71, inclusive, of said Article 39.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That Section 68 of Article 39 of the Annotated Code of
Maryland (1939 Edition), title "Fish and Fisheries, " sub-
title "Concurrent Law on the Potomac River, " be and it is
hereby repealed and re-enacted, with amendments, to read
as follows:

68. All offenses committed against the provisions of
sections 65-66 and 68-71 by persons not citizens and resi-
dents of either State may be punished by any of the magis-
trates or courts of either State having criminal jurisdiction
[; all offenses committed against the provisions of said sec-
tions by citizens of either State, shall be punished by any of
the magistrates or Courts of the State of which he is a
citizen having criminal jurisdiction].

The authorities of either State shall have the right to
examine into the right of any person taking fish, oysters or
crabs in the Potomac River, or having same in his posses-
sion; and any person taking fish, oysters or crabs in the
Potomac River or having same in his possession shall ex-
hibit his authority for so doing whenever required by the
police or other legal authority of either State. The legal
authorities of either State shall have the right to arrest
any such offender, and, if necessary in order to arrest,
shall pursue such offender beyond the boundary line of
either State upon navigable waters, and arrest such of-
fender whenever found upon such waters.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall
take effect June 1, 1951.

Approved April 30, 1951.

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EXPLANATION: Italics indicate new matter added to existing law.

[Brackets] indicate matter stricken from existing law.
CAPITALS indicate amendments to bill.

Strike out indicates matter stricken out of bill.