Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1878-05-09
Public Local Law.
CHAPTER 5o2.

AN ACT to repeal sections one andtwo
- of'the Acts Of January Session eigh-
teen hundred and seventy two, Chap
Ter one hundred and ninety-eight,
entitled an act for the protection Of,
and to regulate the time and manner
Of catching and taking Fish and Ter
Fapfns in that portion Of the Potomac
River, between Maryland Point in
Charles County and Chisildine's Is
land in st. Mary's County, and to
re-enaet the same with amendments,
and to add additional sections there
to.
SRcrros BE it enacted BY The
General Assembly of Maryland, That
sections one and two Of the acts Of jar
nary session, eighteen bundled and sew
enty two, chapter one hundred and nine
ty-eigbt, entitled an act for the protec-
ton Of, and TO regulate the time and
manner Of catching, and taking Fish
and Terrspfns in that portion of the
Potomac River between Maryland Point
in Charles county, and Chisildine's Is
land In st. Mary's county, and the same
are hereby repealed and re-enacted 10
read as follows:
SEC. L. That IL shall not be lawful
for any person, or persons, except bona
fde citizens of Charles county, to take
or catch fish or terrapins, or 10 PAUL
seine or fish gill net or take or catch
fish or terra3ins in any manner in the
Potomac River or its tributaries, or in
the Wycomico River or it's tributaries,
between Maryland Point in Charles
county, and Chisildine's Island in st.
Mary's county.
SEC. l.. That no person nor persons
shall haul seine more than one hum
dred and sixty fathoms in length, in the
Potomac River or its tributaries, nor IN
the Wycomico River or it's tributaries,
lying in Charles county between Mary
land Point in Charles county, and CHS
ildine's Island in st. Mary's county, ex-
cept from the fifteenth day Of March to
the first day of June inclusive.
SEC. 2. BE it enacted, That no per-
son or persons shall haul a seine nor
fish q net of any kind or description
with a mesh OF less size than three
inches as provided in section two of this
net Us amended above; and provided,
license of one cent per lineal fathom on
all traps, seines or nets OF any descrIp
ton shall be paid to the Clerk of Charles
county before the same can be used for
fishing.
SEC. 8. Be IL enacted, That the
Oyster Police Boat for the sixth district
is hereby directed and empowered to
supervise the fisheries in the said wa
tiers OF the Potomac and its tributaries,
and the Wycomico and its tributaries
in Charles county, between the first day
of June and the fifteenth day of March
in each year, and upon information be-
ing 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 ses-
sion eighteen hundred andseventy-two,
Chapter one hundred and ninety eight,
as amended by this act, he shall arrest
said offender and carry him before some
Justice Of the Peace, within said coun-
ty, and upon conviction, he shall be sub
jected to the several fines and penalties
as provided in section three Of said act
passed January session eighteen hun
dred and seventy-two, Chapter one hun
bred and ninety eight.
SIC. 4. BE it enacted, That it shall
be unlawful for any person or persons
to construct fish trap or pound net,
or any fishing apparatus of like descrip-
ton, near the mouth of any of the
tributaries of the said Potomac and
Wycomico Rivers within Charles ccun-
ty, between Maryland Point in said
county and Chisildine's Island in st.
Mary's county, for the purpose of fish
ing the same or for any other purpose,
nothing herein contained to be con-
strued to prohibit the fishing with said
fish trap or pound nets, by bona fide
citizens of Charles county from the
shores bordering ON said Rivers and
tributaries within said waters, not be-
ing near the mouth of said inlets, where
by the fish would be obstructed in their
free passage to the head waters of said
Rivers and tributaries within said coun-
ty; any person violating the provisions
OF this section shall be subjected to the
fines and penalties as provided in Sec
ton three of the acts of eighteen hum
dred and seventy-two, Chapter one hun
dred and ninety-eight.
SEC. 5. BE it enacted, That no ter
rapins Of q less size than six inches in
length upon the bottom shell, shall be
taken from any of the waters within
Charles county, under penalty Of five
dollars for each and every terrapin of
less size than six inches in length upon
said bottom shell, as taken, said fine to
be collected as provided in section three
Of the acts of eighteen hundred and
seventy-two, Chapter one hundred and
ninety-eight. Ard it shall be unlaw-
full for any person to take or catch any
terrapin from the waters within said
county, between the first day of April
and the first day of November IN each
year, and any person violating this pro-
vision of this section, shall be sabjec-
ted TO the same penalty as is provided
for taking terrapins under the size Of
six inches upon the bottom shell, TO DC
collected as is provided for the collec-
tion Of the other fines and penalties i'm
posed by this act.
SEC. q. BE it enacted, That this act
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