978                              Laws of Maryland                       [Ch. 652

means of crab seines not exceeding fifty feet in length and provided
the seines are hauled up in the water and not on shore; provided,
however, that nonresidents of the State of Maryland are prohibited
from taking or catching crabs by use of a trot line or trot lines
exceeding 100 yards in length, (except from a "for hire" boat oper-
ated by the owner who is present on the boat and is licensed to take
crabs for market); and provided further that no trot line shall be
placed in the water in such manner that the line would intersect or
cross another line already placed in the water. Any [resident of
Maryland using a trot line of a length greater than one hundred
yards] person or persons having in his or their possession or under
his or their care, custody or control on any one boat or watercraft one
or more trot lines having a total combined length of more than one
hundred yards shall be deemed to be taking crabs for market and
shall first secure a license as required for the taking or catching
of crabs for market or shall be deemed guilty of violating this section.
Any person violating the provisions of this section shall, upon con-
viction thereof, be fined not more than fifty dollars ($50.00) for each
such violation. The provisions of this section shall not apply to
Apes Hole, Johnson Creek, Marumisco Creek and Little Annamessex
River.

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

Approved April 28, 1959.

CHAPTER 652
(House Bill 533)

AN ACT to legalize the 1960 Edition of the Code of Public Local
Laws of Talbot County, being Article 21 of the Code of Public
Local Laws of Maryland, published under the direction of the
Board of County Commissioners of Talbot County and edited by
Thomas Hunter Lowe, and making provisions for the publication,
sale and distribution thereof.

Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That the 1960 Edition of the Code of Public Local Laws of Talbot
County, being Article 21 of the Code of Public Local Laws of Mary-
land, published under the direction of the Board of County Com-
missioners of Talbot County and edited by Thomas Hunter Lowe,
be and the same is hereby legalized. Said Code shall contain all Pub-
lic Local Laws relating to Talbot County in effect after the 1960
Regular Session of the General Assembly of Maryland, and it shall
contain the charters of the several municipal corporations within
Talbot County as in effect on June 1, 1960. The Code shall be deemed
and taken in all the Courts of the State and by all Justices of the

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