Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1878-04-25
Fish and Terrapin Law.

rs tldlltI VI lntcIcstiuE anu llhp'i
tant information for Onr people We else
where re-publish from our neighbor the
Deal fish law passed by the late lcgisla-
ure. The Times marks it as published
y authority" We will do the same
thing when properly authorized. 1t is
no doubt q correct copy although its gen
uincness is not tested by the official sig
nature requisite for certifying in such
matters:
CHAPTER 500.
AN ACT 10 repeal sections one and two Of the
Acts Of January Session, eighteen hundred
and scvcntv-two, chapter one hundred and
ninety eight. entitled an act for the proiec-
ton Of and to regulate the time aud manner
j OF catching and taking Fish and Terrapins
in that partition Of the Potomac river between
MARYLAND Point. IN Charles county, "nI I
I thisildine' = island in ~. Mary county, ann
! TO re-enact the same with amendments, and
| TO add additional sections thereto.
Section / b en0cted by the General Is
scmbiy Of N0ryidpd That sections one and two
of the acts Of January session, eighteen hun
dred and seyenty-twO, chapter one hundred
and ninety-eight, entitled an act for the pro-
lection Of. and to regulate tie time and manner
of catching and taking Fish aud Tcrrapins in
that portion Of the Potomac river between Ma
ryland Point in Charles county. and Chisil-
dimes Island in st. Marys county. and the
same are hereby repealed and re-enacted to
read rs follows
See L. That il shall no, be lawful for any
person, or peison except bona iidc citizens OF
1 Charles county, to take or catch fish or terra
/ pins. or to haul seine or isha gill net or take
or catch fish or tcrrapnS in any manner in the
| Potomac river or IFS tributaries, or in the W.
comico river or its tributaries lying in charles
comfy, Between Maryland Point in Charles
county, and Chisildine' Island, in St. Mary 5
county.
| Sec. 2. That no person. or persons shall
haul seine more than one-hundred and sixty
tathoms in length in the Potomac river or It's
/ tributaries between Maryland Point in Charles
county, and Chisildine ; Island, in ST. Mary 5
county, except from the fifteenth day Of March
TO the first day of June inclusive.
Sec. 2 Be Il enacted, That no person or per-
sons shall haul a seine nor fish net of any
kind or description with mesh of less size
| than three inches provided in section two OF
| this act amended above; and provided. :,
license OF cent per iinenl htthOm on All
traps seines or nets e any description shall he
| maid 10 the Clerk of Charles county before the
I same can bc used for fishing.
| Sec. ;. BE IL enacted, That the Oyster Police
Boat for the sixth district is hereby directed
| and empowered to supervise the fisheries in the
said waters Of the Potomac and its tributaries
and the " ycomico and its tributaries in Charles
county, between the first day of June aud the
| fifteenth day OF March in each year, and upon
Information being conveyed to the commander
Of said Oyster Police Boat that any person or
persons have violated the provisions Of this act
| or OF the act of january session, eighteen hun
dsed scventy-two chapter one hundred and
ninety-eight. as amended by this act he shall
arrest such offender and carry him before some
| Justice of the Peace, within said county, and
upon conviction he shall he subjected to the
several fines and penalties as provided in sec
ton three of said act passed January session,
eighteen hundred and seventy-two, chapter
one hundred and ninety-eight
Sec. a. BE Il enacted, That it shall he unlaw-
ful for any person or persons TO construct II fish
trap or pound net or any fishing apparatus Of
like description, near the mouth of any Of the
tributaries Of the said Potomac aud Wycomico
rivers within Charles county, between Mary
land Point in said county and Chisldine's Is
land in ST. Mary's county, for the purpose OF
fishing the same or for any oth.r purpose, no
| thlag herein contained to be construed to pro-
hibit the fishing with said fish trap or pound
nets by bona tide citizens of Charles county
| from the shores bordering on said rivers and
tributa ries within said waters, not being near
me NOT .sS.d plets whereby the fish would
DC constructed ia their free passage the head
waters of said rivers and tributaries within said
county. any person violating the provisions of
| this section shall be subjected to the fines and
| penalties AS provided in section three of the
acts Of eighteen hundred and seventy-two.
chapter one hundred and ninety-eight.