The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1880-05-14
Public Local Laws.
PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY.
CHAPTER 260.

AN ACT to repeal Chapter 27G, ofthe Acts pass
ed at the january Session, eighteen and seven
tyeight, entitled an Act TO repeal an Act pass
ed at the session of the General Assembly of
Maryland in eighteen hundred and sevcnty-siN,
chapter 30, entitled an Act to repeal an Act
passed ut the session Oft the General Assembly
of Maryland in eighteen hundred and seventy
four, chapter 421, entitled an Act to repeal
section two, of Article forty-one, of the Pub
lie General Laws of Maryland, title "Fish and
Fisheries" and to re-Cnact the sane with
amendments, and to substitute the following
in lieu thereof, and to amend and rc-cnact SO
rs to read as follows, and TO amend and rc-cn-
act the same ms amended.
SECTION |. Be il atdcted By he GncyH i&Scu,-
Dig Of Mdrytdnd That the Ac passed at the scs-
sion of the General Assembly, eighteen hundred
and scvcnty-eight, chapter 216, entitled an Act
to repeal an Act passed at the session Of the
General Assembly of Maryland, eighteen hun
dred and seventy-siX, chapter 252 entitled an
Act to repeal an Act passed at the session of the
General Assembly in eighteen and scycnty-four,
chapter 421, of the Public General Laws of Mary
land, title "Fish and Fisheries" and to rc-cnact
the same with amendments, and TO substitute
the following in lieu thereof, be, and the same
is hereby repealed, amended and rc-cnactcd so
as to read as follows:
SEC. l. No person shall, from the tenth day
of June 20 the first day ofOctobcr, in each year,
fish with hauling seine or drag net of any kind
within the Chesapeake Bay or any of its tribu.
Beginning at Still Pond, in Kent county and
drawn westward to Legoe's Point in Hartford
county.
SEC. 3. And be IL enacted, That any person OF
persons violating any of the provisions Of this
Act upon conviction thereof before any Justice
of the Peace of the county in which said Act has
been violated, shall pay u fine of fifty dollars,
(onehalf of which shall go to the mformer) and
any hauling seine or hauling scincs, drag net OF
drag nets, and the boat or boats, and the mater.
ia used in fishing the same are hereby declared
to be forfeited, and the Justice Justices be
fore whom said conviction and condemnation
shall be had, is authorized and directed to have
said fishing apparatus sold by the sheriff or con
stable making said arrest, to the highest bidder
and the proceeds, together with half the fine, af
ter deducting the costs, shall be paid to the
County Commissioners of the county in which
said offence shall be committed, for the use OF
the school fund of said county.
SEC. 3. and be ii enacted, That any person OF
persons, on conviction, failing to pay the fine a'
prescribed in the preceding section shall he i'm
prisoned in the county Jail of the county il
witch said offence shall be committed propidet
hogeyey, that any one so offending shall, upol
conviction before any Justice of the Peace of tn
county in which said offence shall be committed
have the right of appeal TO the Circuit Court 0
the county in which said offence shall be com
mitted, under the same restrictions governin.
appeals from the decisions of Justices of tn
Peace.
Sec. 4. And be il enacted, That this Act shall
take effect from the date of its passage.
Approved March, 1850:
MILTON Y. KIDD,
Chief Clerk House of Dclcgat
EUGENE HIGGINS,
anOQ 2aprataru al hn