1942                                    LAWS OF MARYLAND                                 Ch. 481

4-102,

(b) Notwithstanding any [other local or] general [law]
OR LOCAL LAWS OR ORDINANCES TO THE CONTRARY, [in Charles and
St. Mary's counties the catching of fish is legal if it is]
FINFISH, CRABS, OYSTERS, CLAMS, AND OTHER SHELLFISH, caught
in the WATERS WITHIN THE JURISDICTION OF THE Potomac River
FISHERIES COMMISSION, in compliance with [the provisions of]
REGULATIONS PRESCRIBED BY THE COMMISSION PURSUANT TO the
Potomac River Compact [and any rule or regulation adopted by
the Potomac River Commission] OF 1958, MAY BE POSSESSED,
STORED, MARKETED, AND OTHERWISE DISPOSED OF ELSEWHERE IN THE
STATE.

4-502.

(f) The [department] DEPARTMENT shall investigate
every violation of this section. If any person obstructs a
stream by failing to make or keep in repair any fish ladder
on the dam, the [department] DEPARTMENT shall serve notice
in writing on him requiring that he make or keep in repair
the necessary fish ladder. The notice shall specify the
penalty for the failure to act within its time limit. Any
person who violates the notice is guilty of a misdemeanor
and upon conviction is subject to a fine [of not less than
$100 nor] NOT exceeding $300, or imprisonment [for not less
than one year nor] NOT exceeding three years, or both, with
costs imposed in the discretion of the court. A separate
offense exists on each day the person violates the notice.
If the fine is imposed by the circuit court for any county
or the Criminal Court of Baltimore, as the case may be, the
fine when collected shall be remitted to the [department]
DEPARTMENT.

4-503.

A person may not place, throw, or make use of any
dynamite or other explosive substance in any water in the
[state] STATE, except for engineering, milling, or mining
purposes. Any person who violates this section is guilty of
a misdemeanor and upon conviction is subject to a fine [of
not less than $100 nor] NOT exceeding $300[,] or
imprisonment [for not less than one year nor] NOT exceeding
three years, or both, with costs imposed in the discretion
of the court.

4-509.

A person may not use or attempt to use any electronic
device on any boat in the waters of the [state] STATE or on
any aircraft within the [state] STATE, or use or attempt to
use any aircraft, to detect the presence of finfish for any
purpose, [except that] HOWEVER, fishermen may use depth
finders from boats to detect the presence of finfish. A
person also may not use or attempt to use any device that
may lure finfish by electrical impulses. This section does