Theodore R. McKeldin, Governor                  1395

CHAPTER 770
(House Bill 369)

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Sections 301, 302,
303, 304 and 306 of Article 66C of the Annotated Code of Maryland
(1951 Edition), title "Natural Resources", sub-title "Fish and
Fisheries", sub-heading "Concurrent Law on the Potomac River",
to repeal Sections 307 and 310 of said Article, sub-title and sub-
heading; to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, sub-sections
(b), (c), (g), (h), (j), (k), (l), (m), (n), and (o) (D), (F)
AND (N) of Section 657 of said Article 66C, sub-title "Oysters
and Clams", AND TO REPEAL SUB-SECTIONS (G), (H), (I),
(J), (K), (L), (M) AND (O) OF SAID SECTION, amending the
so-called Concurrent Laws concerning the taking of fish, oysters,
crabs and clams from the Potomac River in order to vest all the
licensing provisions concerning the Potomac River in the State of
Maryland and to give to the State of Maryland and its law-enforce-
ment officers complete control and jurisdiction over such fisheries
in the Potomac River, giving to certain residents of the State of
Virginia an equal right with citizens of Maryland in the use and
enjoyment of such fisheries and relating generally to the taking of
fish, oysters, crabs and clams from the waters of the Potomac
River.

Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That Sections 301, 302, 303, 304 and 306 of Article 66C of the Anno-
tated Code of Maryland (1951 Edition), title "Natural Resources",
sub-title "Fish and Fisheries", sub-heading "Concurrent Law on the
Potomac River", be and they are hereby repealed and re-enacted, with
amendments; that Sections 307 and 310 of said Article, sub-title and
sub-heading be and they are hereby repealed; and that sub-sections
(b), (c), (g), (h), (j), (k), (l), (m), (n), and (o) (D), (F) AND
(N) of Section 657 of said Article 66C, sub-title "Oysters and Clams",
be and they are hereby repealed and re-enacted, with amendments,
THAT SUB-SECTIONS (G), (H), (I), (J), (K), (L), (M) AND
(O) OF SAID SECTION BE AND THEY ARE HEREBY RE-
PEALED and all to read as follows:

[Concurrent] Law on the Potomac River

301. It shall be lawful for any citizen of the State of Maryland
or of the State of Virginia to take fish, oysters or crabs from the
Potomac River after complying with the requirements of the laws of
the State of Maryland [which he is a citizen] for the taking of fish,
oysters or crabs from the waters [of such State] thereof; and any
citizen of either State who takes fish, oysters or crabs from the Poto-
mac River without having complied with the requirements of the law
of [his] this State as to the taking of fish, oysters or crabs in its
own waters shall be considered guilty of violating the laws of the
State of [which he is a citizen] Maryland, and shall be prosecuted
according to such laws. It shall not be lawful for any person to take

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