654                              Laws of Maryland                       [Ch. 512

Clams", sub-title "State Oyster Culture", said new section to follow
immediately after 707(k) thereof and to read as follows:

707.

(l) Oyster Propagation Demonstration Area. The Commission
of Tidewater Fisheries is authorized to select and reserve as an
Oyster Propagation Demonstration Area, for the purpose of develop-
ing merchantable oysters, any or all of that area known as Kedges
Straits and the entrance thereto bounded as follows: Beginning at
Holland Bar Light, marking the entrance to Kedges Straits; thence
proceeding in a straight line in a southeasterly direction to the Black
Staff Beacon, marking the Bay side entrance to Smith Island; thence
along the stone jetty to Smith Island; thence along the shore of
Smith Island in a northerly and easterly direction to a point due
south of Solomons Lump Light; thence in a straight line to Solomons
Lump Light; thence in a northerly direction to Sheepshead Point on
South Marsh Island; thence in a straight line westerly to Holland
Bar Light the point of the beginning. The Commission of Tidewater
Fisheries is authorized to adopt rules and regulations for the man-
agement and development of said Oyster Propagation Demonstration
Area, and by regulation may prohibit the taking of oysters, by closing
or opening any portion or all of said area and may specify the type,
nature and kind of oyster gear or gears which may be employed to
harvest any oysters which may accumulate. The Commission of Tide-
water Fisheries may provide for penalties for the violation of any rule
or regulation which may be adopted as herein provided; however, the
maximum penalty for the violation of any said regulation shall not
exceed $500. fine and/or more than six months imprisonment in the
House of Correction and in addition to such fine or imprisonment,
any court having jurisdiction may enter an order declaring the boat
and all of its gear, cargo, and equipment, involved or employed in
such violation, to be confiscated and shall be delivered to the Com-
mission of Tidewater Fisheries for such disposition thereof as in
the opinion of said Commission may be most advantageous to the
State.

Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take effect
June 1, 1959.

Approved April 8, 1959.

CHAPTER 512
(House Bill 891)

AN ACT to add new Section 72 (c) to the Code of Public Local Laws
of Allegany County (1955 Edition, being Article 1 of the Code of
Public Local Laws of Maryland), as amended by Chapter 143 of
the Acts of 1959, title "Allegany County", sub-title "County Com-

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