732 JOURNAL OF PROCEEDINGS [Mar. 22

Mr. Archer, from Committee on Fish and Game, reported
favorably, with amendment,

HOUSE BILL No. 298, BY MR. ANDERSON.

SUBJECT: FISH—DORCHESTER COUNTY.

Amendment proposed by Committee: "Strike out all after
the words 'A Bill' and insert in lieu thereof the following:
'entitled An Act to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Sec-
tions 185-F and 185-G of Article 10 of the Code of Public
Local Laws of Maryland, title "Dorchester County, " sub-title
"Fish, " as enacted by Chapter 537 of the Acts of 1910.

'Section 1. Be is enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-
land, That Sections 185-F and 185-G of Article 10 of the Code
of Public Local Laws of Maryland, title "Dorchester County, "
sub title "Fish, " as enacted by Chapter 537 of the Acts of 1910,
be and the same are hereby repealed and re-enacted, with
amendments, to read as follows:

'Sec. 185-F. The owner or occupants of any land bordering
on either side of the Transquakin River or any of its tribu-
taries within a line drawn from Irish Creek to Transquakin
point (said line marking the mouth of the said Tranquakin
River) to the head of the Transquakin River, shall in every
year have the exclusive right and privilege to select half the
area covered by said waters lying directly in front of the prop-
erty, extending to but not beyond the middle of said river,
which he or they respectively own or occupy, for the purpose
of setting gill nets, fike nets, trap or set nets of any kind or
description; provided that any resident of Dorchester county,
other than the said owner or occupant, who may desire to
set any of the aforesaid described nets in said river may
demand in writing of the said owner or occupant of the afore-
said lands on which said half of the area that he or they own
or occupy, intend to set any of the aforesaid nets, and upon
receipt of such notice in writing, the owner or occupant of
said lands must give said applicant a definite answer in writ-
ing within fifteen days of the receipt of such notice of such
intention, and forthwith proceed to exercise his or their rights
in the setting of said nets, and upon his or their failure so to
do, the said resident giving such notice shall have the right
to set such nets on any part of the said areas. Provided, how-
ever, that fike nets, trap or set nets shall not be less than 200
yards apart.

Sec. 185-G. Any person or persons who shall interfere with
or destroy any net or nets set in accordance with the pro-
visions of the preceding section, or any person who shall set