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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

and sixty-eight; to the secretary of the Senate, three
hundred dollars; to the chief clerk of the House of Del-
egates, three hundred dollars.

Authority to
disburse.

SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That the treasurer of the
State shall, upon the warrant of the comptroller of the
treasury department, disburse the said sums of money
hereinbefore appropriated for the objects and purposes
specified to, or upon the order of the person or persons,
bodies politic or corporate, severally entitled thereto,
and that the several public officers to whom the same
or any part thereof may be paid, shall render quarterly
to the comptroller accounts of the expenditure thereof,
with the proper vouchers thereof, ratified by affidavit,
excepting such part therefor as may be disbursed out of
the executive contingent fund upon the order of the Go-
vernor, and such further part thereof as may be paid
for or on account of salaries fixed by the constitution,
and the laws of this State.

In force.

SEC. 3. And be it enacted, That this act shall take
effect from the dale of its passage.

CHAPTER 310.

Passed
Mar. 10, 1854.

AN ACT to protect the breed of fish, and to prescribe
the time for fishing in the Lead waters of the Chesa-
peake Bay.

Unlawful to
fish with gill
net.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly
of Maryland, That it shall not be lawful during the
months of June and July, for any person or persons to
fish by gill net or hauling sein within the waters of the
Chesapeake Bay, or its tributaries lying within the
bounds of Cecil county or Harford county.

Magistrate to
issue warrant.

SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That any justice of the
peace before whom information under oath shall be