J. MILLARD TAWES, Governor

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CHAPTER 366
(House Bill 18)

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Section 700(1)
of Article 66C of the Annotated Code of Maryland (1957 Edition),
title "Natural Resources," subtitle "Oysters and Clams," to change
and make uniform the opening date of the season for tonging
of oysters in the Chesapeake Bay and its tributaries, except in
Worcester County; and making certain provisions concerning the
contingent effect of this Act upon the oyster season in the Potomac

River.

Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That Section 700 (1) of Article 66C of the Annotated Code of Mary-
land (1957 Edition), title "Natural Resources," subtitle "Oysters and
Clams," be and it is hereby repealed and re-enacted, with amend-
ments, to read as follows:

700.

(1) It shall be unlawful to take or catch oysters by tongs or
patent tongs except during the tonging season which shall begin on
the first FIFTEENTH day of [September] October in each year and
end on the fifteenth day of April THIRTY-FIRST DAY OF MARCH
next succeeding, except in the following waters where the tonging
season shall be as follows:

Patuxent River

[Dorchester County,

except Choptank River
Choptank River
Upper Potomac River
above a line joining
North Point and Cedar

Point

Lower Potomac River
below a line joining
North Point and Cedar
Point

Tributaries of the
Potomac

[Somerset County

Rhode River

West River

Herring Bay

Upper Nanticoke River
above a line joining
Sandy Island

Roaring Point
Wicomico County except

Upper Nanticoke River
Worcester County

[September 15] October 1 to March
31, inclusive.

October 1 to April 15, inclusive.
September 1 to April 15, inclusive.

October 1 to April 15, inclusive.

September 15 to April 15, inclusive.]

October 1 to April 1, inclusive.
September 15 to April 15, inclusive.
October 15 to April 15, inclusive.
October 15 to April 15, inclusive.
December 1 to April 15, inclusive.

October 1 to April 15, inclusive.

September 15 to April 15, inclusive.]
January 1 to December 31, inclusive.

Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall not become
effective unless and until the provisions of this Act have been applied