THEODORE R. McKELDIN, GOVERNOR                  1069

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take effect
July 1, 1955.

Approved April 25, 1955.

CHAPTER 642
(House Bill 308)

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Section 260 (c) of
Article 66C of the Annotated Code of Maryland (1951 Edition),
title "Natural Resources", sub-title "Fish and Fisheries", sub-
heading "Tidal Waters", relating to the length of line of net stakes
in certain Maryland tidal waters.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That Section 260 (c) of Article 66C of the Annotated Code of Mary-
land (1951 Edition), title "Natural Resources", sub-title "Fish and
Fisheries", sub-heading "Tidal Waters", be and it is hereby repealed
and re-enacted, with amendments, to read as follows:

260. (Regulation of Pound and Stake Nets.)

(c) Between successive pound or stake nets in the same row clear
and unobstructed intervals of at least 200 feet shall be maintained.
No single line of net stakes, including the pound or head and the
leader or hedging, shall have a length greater than the following:

In Chesapeake Bay, south of a line from Sandy Point to Love Point
and in the Choptank River from the mouth of the Choptank River
to a line drawn from Cape Point to Drum Point—500 yards.

In Chesapeake Bay, north of a line from Sandy Point to Love Point
and south of a line from the northernmost point of Poolers Island to
Worton's Point—400 yards.

In Chesapeake Bay, north of a line from the northernmost point of
Poole's Island to Worton's Point—1,000 feet.

In the tributaries of Chesapeake Bay except as hereinbefore pro-
vided, and in the Potomac River—400 yards.

In Chincoteague, Sinepuxent, Isle of Wight and Assawoman bays,
and their tributaries, and in the Atlantic Ocean within three miles of
the Maryland shore—500 yards.

In Hongo River, south of a line drawn from Hickory Point on
Middle Hoopers Island to Windmill Point on Aisquith Island—500
yards.

In Hoopers Straits—500 yards.

In Fishing Bay, south of a line from Point No Point to Gray's
Island—500 yards.

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.