The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1874-05-16
DUBLIC LOCAL LAW.
law TO PROTECT FISH IN THE GUN
POWDER.
CHAPTER 34S.

AN ACT to protect fish in the Great Gunpow-
der River and its tributaries within the linn
It's of Baltimore county.
SECTION l. Be 1T enacted By the General Assem-
By Of Maryland, That from and after the pass
age of this Act it shall not be lawful for any
person or persons to take, capture or destroy
tsh by seine, drag net, set net, stir net, fish
baskets, or fish pots, weirs or any means or con
Lrvances whatever of the nature OF seine
which are known to destroy or capture fish, or
to destroy or capture them by shooting or strlk-
ing them on the ice one mile above tide water
within the limits of Baltimore county, in this
state. Provided, that it may be lawful to fish
IN any way in any of the said tributaries one
mile above the mouth of said tributaries.
SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That any person or
persons SO offending against the provisions of
the preceding Section shall be liable upon
conviction thereof by summary process before
any Justice of the Peace of this State in and for
Baltimore county, to g penalty of not less than
ten nor more than thirty dollars, one-third to
the informer, one-third to the Constable who
may make the arrest and the balance to the
Treasurer of Baltimore county, to be applied to
Road and Bridge purposes. Provided, that
any person or persons so offending on convic-
ton thereof as aforesaid who shall refuse or fail
to pay said fine imposed and the costs thereon,
such person or persons shall be imprisoned in
the County Jail Of the county aforesaid for not
less than ten nor more than twenty days.
Sec. 3. And be u eRdcted, That it shall be the
duty of the Sheriff, Deputy Sheriff or Constable
to whose attention violation of the provisions
of this Act is called, at once to report the same
to Justice of the Peace, and upon warrant be-
ing issued to arrest the offender or offenders
and bring him or them before said Justice for
trial; any Constable who fails so TO report
case of offence with the name of the informer
under this Act when notified as aforesaid, shall
ms al ha lIah Ia tn nv If tor tn
be recoverable as like penalties are now recov-
cradle.
SEC. 4. And be II enacted, That any person or
persons who may feel himself or themselves
aggrieved by any judgment rendered by JUS
tice of the Peace under the provisions of this
Act, shall have the right to appeal to the Cir
cult Court for Baltimore county upon the con-
vided by the general law regulating the appeals
from Justice of the Peace; but the execution of
the judgment of the Justice of the Peace shall
not be stayed unless the party appealing shall
give bond to the State for double the amount
of the fine imposed with security, approved by
the Justice rendering the judgment with con-
dilion to prosecute his appeal with effect or to
pay the fine imposed with all costs.
SEC. 5. And be IL enacted, That this Act shall
take effect from the date of its passage.
We hereby certify that the aforegoing is
correct copy of an Act OF Assembly passed Jan
uary Session, 1874
Approved 1lth April, 1874.
MILTON Y. KIDD,
Chief Clerk of the House of Delegates.
AUGUSTUS GASSAWAY,
Secretary of the Senate.
D. J. McCAULEY,
EDWARD RIDER,
BENZ. F. JORDAN,
County Commissioners for Baltimore Co.
May st.