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retarded children. The contributions OR GIFTS shall be made sub-
ject to any terms and conditions which the County Commissioners
may deem appropriate.

Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take effect
July 1, 1968.

Approved April 10, 1968.

CHAPTER 107
(Senate Bill 474)

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Section 293 of
Article 66C of the Annotated Code of Maryland (1967 Replace-
ment Volume), title "Natural Resources," subtitle "Fish and Fish-
eries," subheading "Part 2. Tidal Waters," Paragraph heading
"Legal Size of Certain Fish," making it lawful to catch striped bass
weighing more than fifteen (15) pounds after May 31, 27, and
matters generally related thereto.

Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That Section 293 of Article 66C of the Annotated Code of Maryland
(1967 Replacement Volume), title "Natural Resources," subtitle
"Fish and Fisheries," subheading "Part 2. Tidal Waters," Paragraph
heading "Legal Size of Certain Fish," be and it is hereby repealed
and re-enacted, with amendments, to read as follows:

293.

No person shall catch or in any manner take or kill, sell, offer
to buy or sell or expose for sale, or have in possession any bass,
large or small mouth, less than 9 inches; any catfish less than 8
inches; any perch, white or yellow, less than 8 inches, if taken or
caught in any manner other than by hook or line; any pike or wall-
eyed pike less than 14 inches; any rock, otherwise known as striped
bass, less than 12 inches in length or weighing more than 15 pounds,
it shall be lawful, however, in the Susquehanna River above Hog
Back Shoals and in all waters of the State of Maryland at any
time of the year except from March 1 to and including [June 15]
May 31, 27 to catch striped bass weighing more than fifteen (15)
pounds, provided said striped bass so taken are caught only with a
hook and line and not sold or offered for sale and not more than
one per day for each person; any sturgeon weighing less than 25
pounds, and taylor or bluefish less than 8 inches; any sea trout or
weakfish less than 10 inches; any hardheads or croakers less than
10 inches; any butterfish less than 6 inches; measurement in the
case of each fish shall be from the tip of the nose to the end of the
caudal fin or tail.

Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take effect
July 1, 1968.

Approved April 10, 1968.