1852.

LAWS OF MARYLAND.

CHAP. 240.
In force.

SEC. 5. And be it enacted, That this act shall take
effect from the day of its passage.

CHAPTER 240.

Passed May
3, 1852.

AN ACT to amend an Act entitled, an Act for the
Preservation of Fish in the Waters of Talbot, Dor-
chester and Caroline counties, passed at December
session, eighteen hundred and forty three, chapter
one hundred and forty-two.

Preamble.

WHEREAS, By the first section of an act of the
General Assembly of Maryland, passed at December
session, eighteen hundred and forty-three, chapter one
hundred and forty-two, it is enacted, that it shall not
be lawful for residents of this State, others than the
citizens of Talbot, Dorchester and Caroline counties,
to take or catch fish within the waters of said counties,
with seines having meshes of a size less than five inches
square, and as it is just, reasonable and expedient, that
citizens of said county, owning or occupying lands
bordering on any of said waters, should have the right
and privilege to authorise any resident of this State to
take or catch fish in the waters bordering on such lands;
Now, Therefore,

Lawful to
catch fish.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly

of Maryland, That it shall and may be lawful for any
resident or residents of this State, who shall first have
obtained the consent or permission of the owner or
occupant of land bordering on any of the waters of
Talbot, Dorchester or Caroline counties, to take or
catch fish in the waters bordering on such land, to the
same extent and in as full and ample manner as said

Proviso.

owner or occcupant might or could do; Provided,
however, that nothing in this act shall be so construed
as to authorise any such person or persons to employ
in his service any other than a bona fide resident of this
State.

In force.

SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That this act shall take
effect from and after the passage thereof.