J. MILLARD TAWES, Governor                      275

That Section 326 of Article 66C of the Annotated Code of Maryland
(1964 Supplement), title "Natural Resources," subtitle "Fish and
Fisheries," subheading "Part 3. Crabs, Lobster and Terrapins—
Crabs," be and it is hereby repealed and re-enacted, with amendments,
to read as follows:

326.

It shall be unlawful for any person to take, catch or have in his
possession any hard crabs [, measuring] of which more than four (4)
'per bushel or ten (10) per barrel measure less than five inches across
the shell from tip to tip of spike or any peelers (which are hereby de-
fined as having a soft shell fully developed under the hard shell, on
which there is a pink line or rim on the edge of that part of the
back fin next to the outer section of this fin) measuring less than three
inches across the shell from tip to tip of spike, or of any soft crabs
measuring less than three and one-half inches across the shell from
tip to tip of spike; nor shall any person take, catch or keep in floats
or in his possession any fat crabs, or any crab known as snot crab or
green crab, or buckram crab (a crab that has a paper shell). In the
waters of Worcester County the minimum size of crabs shall not be
applicable to mature female crabs as identified by the rounded apron.
The provisions of this section shall apply to crabs found anywhere
within the State, whether afloat or ashore, and whether said crabs
have been caught within the waters of this State or shipped or brought
into Maryland from other states, and any person violating any pro-
visions of this section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and shall upon
conviction be fined as hereinafter provided, and in addition thereto
the deputy commanders and inspectors of the State fishery force are
hereby authorized to confiscate and liberate into the waters of the
State any fat crab, snot crab, green crab, or buckram crab wherever
found and held in violation of this section, and said officers are further
authorized to confiscate any hard crabs, peelers or soft crabs of a size
less than the measurements herebefore provided, wherever found,
and shall dispose of any crabs so confiscated under the direction of the
Commission of Tidewater Fisheries to the best interests of the State.

Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take effect
June 1, 1965.

Approved April 8, 1965.

CHAPTER 257
(House Bill 24)

AN ACT to repeal Section 2 of Article 21 of the Annotated Code of
Maryland (1957 Edition), title "Conveyancing," subtitle "Convey-
ances in General;" to repeal Section 10 of Article 79 of the said
Code (1964 Supplement), title "Releases and Receipts;" to repeal
Sections 66 and 169 of Article 93 of the said Code (1957 Edition),
title "Testamentary Law," subtitles, respectively, "Administration
by an Executor" and "Guardian and Ward;" to repeal and re-enact,
with amendments, Section 1 of Article 21 of the said Code, title
"Conveyancing," subtitle "Conveyances in General;" to repeal and