The Democratic advocate., 1874-05-23
PUBLIC LOCAL LAWS.
CHAPTER 70.


An Act for the protection of Black Bass, and
other fish in the Patapseo River above tide
water.
SECTION l. BE Il enacted Lv he General
assembly Of Maryland, That from and after
the passage Of this Act, II shall not be lawful
for any person or persons To take, capture or
destroy hsh by seine or seines, dragnet or
dragnets, setnet or setnets, dipnet or dipnets,
stirnet or stirnets, fish baskets or fish pots,
cells, weirs, brush or faseine nets, or any
means OF. contriyances whatever Of the nature
OF seine which are known to destroy or cap
tnre fish, or to destroy or capture them BY
shooting or striking through the ice, or other.
wise than by hook and line, commonly known
as angling, in the Patapsco River above tide
water.
SECTION 2. Aad be Il enacted, That the
owner or owners Of all dams erected, now or
hereafter, on said River shall and are hereby
required to make or cause 10 be made and
keep in repair proper fish ladders and have
them placed on said dam SO as to afford TO the
iish IN said River free course up and down
said River.
SECTION 8. And be IL enacted, That if the
owner or owners Of the aforesaid dams fail
to comply with the provisions Of the preced.
ing, section within sixty days from the passage
and approval Of this Act, they, or either Of
them, shall be liable, upon conviction thereof,
by summary process before any Justice OF
the feace OF this State, in the county nearest
or adjacent to where the dam or dams are sit.
uated, 10 penalty Of not less than iifty nor
more than one hundred dollars, five dollars 10
the lnformer and the balance to the Boards
Of County Commissioners OF the counties ad.
Jacent to said dam or dams for school pur.
poses.
SECTION 4. And be il enacted, That any
person or persons offending against the pro.
visions Of the first Section thereof shall be
liable upon conviction thereof by SUMMARY
process before any justice Of the Peace Of
this State, in and for the county where the
act Is committed to a penalty Of not less than
ten or more than thirty dollars, one-third TO
the intormeri one.third to the Constable max
ing the arrest, and the balance to the Treas.
arcr OF the Board Of School Commissioners
TOR School purposes, provided that any per
son or persons SO offending on conviction
thereof as aforesaid, who shall refuse or fail
to pay said fine imposed and the costs there.
on, such person or persons shall be impris.
oned IN the County Jail where the act shall
be committed, for not less than ten nor moro
than twenty days.
SECTION 8. And be IL enacted, That any
/ person or persons who may feel himself or
themselves aggrleved by any judgment rem.
dered by a Justice of the Peace under the
provisions of this Act, shall have the right to
appeal to the Circuit Court of the county
where the act was committed, upon the con.
ditions and subject to the regulations now
provided by the General Law regulating an.
peals from Justices fthe Peace, but execution
OF the Judgment Of Justice of the p. ace shall
not be stayed, unless the party appealing shall
give bond to the State, for double the amount
of fine imposed, with security approved by
the Justice rendering the Judgment with con.
dition to prosecute bis appeal with effect, OIL
to pay the fine imposed with all costs
SECTION 9. ARd be ii enacted, That thi.
Act shall take effect from the date of It's pas.
sage and continue in force until the first day
of April, eighteen hundred and seventy.s six.
We hereby certify that the aforegoing is a
correct copy Of an Act of Assembly passed
January session, 1874
Approved March 10, 1874.
AUGUSTUS GASSAWAY,
Secretary Senate.
MILTON Y. KIDD,
may l6'3t Chief Clerk House Delegates.