J. MILLARD TAWES, GOVERNOR                             813

CHAPTER 594
(House Bill 99)

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Section 173A of
Article 66C of the Annotated Code of Maryland (1957 Edition
and 1960 Supplement), title "Natural Resources", sub-title "Birds,
Game and Inland Water Fish", sub-heading "Susquehanna Flats",
to remove the Susquehanna Flats and certain tributaries of the
Chesapeake Bay from areas wherein fishing prior to or during the
duck season is prohibited.

Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That Section 173A of Article 66C of the Annotated Code of Mary-
land (1957 Edition and 1960 Supplement), title "Natural Resources",
sub-title "Birds, Game and Inland Water Fish", sub-heading "Sus-
quehanna Flats", is hereby repealed and re-enacted, with amend-
ments, and to read as follows:

173A.

It shall be unlawful for any person to take or catch fish by means
of hook and line [on the Susquehanna Flats as that area is defined
in Section 165 of this article, or] in the tidal waters of the following
tributaries of the Chesapeake Bay, [Susquehanna River south of
the Pennsylvania Railroad bridge,] Mill Creek, Furnace Bay, North
East River, Elk River? OR Bohemia River₇ [Swan Creek, Bush River
or Romney Creek] two (2) days prior to, and extending until the
closing day of, the regular ducking season as determined and fixed
annually by the Federal Fish and Wildlife Service. Nothing herein
shall prohibit ice fishing at any time nor shall anything herein pro-
hibit the taking or catching of fish by means of hook and line from
the shore line or from docks, or wharves. Nothing herein shall pro-
hibit fishing by any means whatsoever on Sundays during the reg-
ular ducking season.