The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1874-05-30
Miscellaneous.
nUBLIC LOCAL LAW.
CHAPTER 70.

CdAfIEh ~.
AN ACT for the protection of Black Bass and
all other fish in the Patapsco River, above
tide water.
SECTION l. Be 1t enacted By the General As
sembty Of Maryland, That from and after the
passage of this act it shall not be lawful for
any person or persons, to take, capture, or de
stroy feb, by seine or seines, dragnet or drag
nets, setnet or setnets, dipnet or dipnets, STIR
net or stirnets, fish baskets, or fish potts. cells,
weirs, brush, or fascine nets, or any means or
c0ntrivances whatever Of the nature of a seine,
which are known to destroy or capture fish, or
to destroy or capture them by shooting or strik-
ing through the ice, or otherwise than by hook
and line, commonly known as angling, in the
Patapsco River above tide water
SEC. 2. And be 1t enacted, That She owner or
owners of all dams, erected now or hereafter,
on said river, shall and are hereby required to
make or cause to be made, and keep in repair,
proper fish ladders, and have them placed on
said dam, so as to afford to the fish, in said
river, free course up aud down said river.
SEC. 3. And be 1t enacted, That if the owner
or owners of the aforesaid dams fail to comply
with the provisions of the preceding section,
within sixty days from the passage and APP
prevail of this act, they or either of them shall
be liable, upon conviction thereof by summa-
ry process before any justice of the peace of
this State, in the county nearest or adjacent to
where the dam or dams are situated, TO pen
atty of not less than fifty nor more than one
hundred dollars, five dollars to the inlormer
and the balance to the board of county COM
missoners of the counties adjacent to said
dam or dams, for school purposes.
SEC. 4. And be ii enacted, That any person
or persons offending against the provisions ofthe
first section thereof shall be liable, upon con
victon 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 pen
atty of not less than ten nor more than thirty
dollars, ole third to the informer, one third to
the constable making the arrest, and the bal
ance to the Treasurer of the Board of County
School Commissioners, for school purposes,
provided, that any person or persons so offend
ing, on conviction thereof, as aforesaid, who
shall refuse or fail to pay said fine imposed
and the cost thereon. such person or persons
shall be imprisoned in the county Jail where
the act shall be committed, for not less than
ten nor more than twenty days.
| Sec. 5. And be 1t enacted, That any person
or persons who may feel himself or themselves
| aggrieved by any judgment, rendered 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 conditions and subject to
| the regulations, now provided by the general
law regulating appeals from justices of the
| peace, but 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 fine imposed
with security approved by the justice render
ing the judgment, with condition to prosecute
his appeal with effect, or to pay the fine i'm
posed with all costs.
SEC. 8. and be 1t enacted, That this act shall
take effect from the date of its passage, and
continue in force until the first day of April
eighteen hundred and seventy-six.
We hereby certify, that the aforegoing is
correct copy of an Act of Assembly passed J an
uary session, 1874.
Approved 10th March, 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 23.-3t.