644                                        LAWS OF MARYLAND                            [Ch. 4

INDICATE THE OPENING BETWEEN NETS. THE NAME OF THE
OWNER AND THE LICENSE NUMBER OF EACH POUND OR STAKE
NET SHALL BE DISPLAYED IN BLACK LETTERS, AT LEAST TWO
INCHES HIGH, ON A WHITE BACKGROUND ON A STAKE AT THE
OUTER END OF THE FOUND OR LINE, AT A HEIGHT AND IN A
POSITION AS TO BE SEEN READILY FROM ADJACENT NAVIGABLE
CHANNELS. THE SECRETARY, AFTER A PUBLIC HEARING,
SHALL PROMULGATE RULES AND REGULATIONS GOVERNING THE
LIGHTING OF POUND NETS.

(F) LENGTH OF     SINGLE LINE OF NET STAKES. - A

SINGLE LINE OF STAKES,   INCLUDING THE POUND OR HEAD AND

THE LEADER OR HEDGING,   MAY NOT HAVE A LENGTH GREATER
THAN THE FOLLOWING:

(1)    IN CHESAPEAKE BAY, SOUTH OF A LINE
FROM SANDY POINT TO LOVE POINT AND IN THE CHOPTANK
RIVER FROM THE MOUTH OF THE CHOPTANK RIVER TO A LINE
DRAWN FROM THE CENTER OF HOUSE WITH WHITE HOOF IN
VICINITY OF DRUM POINT TO THE EASTERLY OF TWO SILOS IN
THE VICINITY OF KATE POINT - 1500 FEET.

(2)    IN CHESAPEAKE BAY, NORTH OF A LINE
FROM SANDY POINT TO LOVE POINT AND SOUTH OF LINE FROM
THE NORTHERNMOST POINT OF POOLE'S ISLAND TO NORTON'S
POINT - 1200 FEET.

(3)   IN CHESAPEAKE BAY, NORTH OF A LINE
FROM THE NORTHERNMOST POINT OF POOLE'S ISLAND TO
WORTON'S POINT - 1,000 FEET.

(4)   IN THE TRIBUTARIES OF THE CHESAPEAKE
BAY EXCEPT AS PROVIDED, AND IN THE POTOMAC RIVER -
1200 FEET.

(5)   IN CHINCOTEAGUE, SINEPUXENT, ISLE OF
WIGHT, AND ASSAWOMAN BAYS, AND THEIR TRIBUTARIES, AND
IN THE ATLANTIC OCEAN WITHIN THREE MILES OF THE
MARYLAND SHORE - 1500 FEET.

(6)    IN HONGA RIVER, SOUTH OF A LINE DRAWN
FROM HICKORY POINT ON MIDDLE HOOPERS ISLAND TO
WINDMILL POINT ON AISQUITH ISLAND - 1500 FEET.

(7)   IN HOOPERS STRAITS - 1500 FEET.

(8)    IN FISHING BAY, SOUTH OF A LINE FROM
POINT NO POINT TO DEPARTMENT TRIANGULATION STATION
CLER AT SOUTHERLY SIDE OF GRAY'S ISLAND - 1650 FEET.

(9)    IN THE NANTICOKE RIVER, SOUTH OF A