756                             LAWS OF MARYLAND                      [CH. 512

(1957 Edition), title "Natural Resources," subtitle "Fish and Fish-
eries," subheading "Part 1. General Provisions," be and it is hereby
repealed and re-enacted, with amendments, to read as follows:

251.

If any vessel, float or boat shall be wittingly, wantonly and ma-
liciously, or from gross negligence, sailed through any [seine ex-
tended in any fishery] net lawfully placed and marked, the skipper,
captain or other person commanding such vessel, float or boat shall
be guilty of a misdemeanor and shall pay upon conviction before a
justice of the peace or court of competent jurisdiction, a fine equal to
the damages ascertained as suffered by the owner or occupier of
said fishery, and in addition thereto, the cost of prosecution; the
amount of fine so imposed shall be paid to the owner or occupier of
the fishery, and the vessel, float or boat shall be held as security for
the payment of the fine.

Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take effect
June 1, 1963.

Approved April 17, 1963.

CHAPTER 512
(House Bill 776)

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Section 331 of
Article 66C of the Annotated Code of Maryland (1962 Supple-
ment), title "Natural Resources," subtitle "Fish and Fisheries,"
subheading "Part 3. Crabs, Lobster and Terrapins," relating to
the measurement of the length of trot lines that may be used for
taking crabs in the State, and to change the penalty for violations
of the law on the manner of taking crabs.

Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That Section 331 of Article 66C of the Annotated Code of Maryland
(1962 Supplement), title "Natural Resources," subtitle "Fish and
Fisheries," subheading "Part 3. Crabs, Lobster and Terrapins," be
and it is hereby repealed and re-enacted, with amendments, to read
as follows:

331.

It shall be lawful for any person or persons to take or catch crabs
by scrape, dip net and trot line in any of the waters of the State
and in no other manner or by any other means, except that in Kent
and Queen Anne's counties soft crabs may be taken by means of
hand-drawn net scrape, and in Anne Arundel County except with
the waters of the Severn River, hard or soft crabs may be taken
by means of crab seines not exceeding fifty feet in length and pro-
vided the seines are hauled up in the water and not on shore;
provided, however, that non-residents 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 operated by the owner who is present on the boat and is