The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1900-05-26
PUBLIC GENERAL LAWS.

PUBLIC GENERAL LAWS.
indictments under the Act of 1855, Chapter
3I2, codihed as Sections IS, So, 90 and Of of
Article ~, shall be prosecuted as though the
same were not repealed.
Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, That this
Act shall take effect from the date of its
passage.
Approved April 7, 1000.
JOHN WALTER SMITH,
Governor.
JOHN HUBNER,
President of the Senate.
LLOYD WILKINSON,
Speaker of the House of Delegates.
We hereby certify, That the aforegoing is a
correct copy of an Act of the General Assem-
bly, of Maryland, passed January Session, 1900.
ALFRED RITTER,
a. Secretary of the Senate.
B. L. SMITH,
Chief Clerk of the House of Delegates.
CHAPTER SIT.
AN ACT TO REPEAL SECTION 244, OF
ARTICLE II, OF THE CODE OF PUBLIC
GENERAL LAWS OF MARYLAND,
TITLE GRIMES AND PUNISHMENTS,
SUBTITLE RIVERS" AND TO RE
ENACT THE SAME WITH AMEND
MENTS.
Section I. Be it enacted by the General As
sembly of Maryland, That Section 244, of
Article II, of the Code of Public General Laws
OF Maryland, title Grimes and Punishments,"
subtitle Rivers be and the same is hereby
repealed and re-enacted with amendments, so
to read as follows:
244. 1t shall not be lawful for any person to
dig, dredge, take and carry away any sand,
gravel or other material from the bed of the
Potomac River, from its mouth to the upper
most boundary line of Prince Georges County,
under a penalty of fine not exceeding three
hundred dollars, and confscation of the boat,
vessel, dredge and implements used in dig
ging, dredging and carrying away such sand,
gravel or other material, and imprisonment in
the county Jail for period not exceeding six
months, in the discretion of the court; one
half of said fines and one-half of the proceeds
OF the sale of such confscated boat, vessel,
dredge and implements to be paid by the
sheriff to the informer, and the other half to
the Commissioners of Public Schools for the
county; provided, however, that it shall be
lawful for any riparian owner of lands border
ing on said Potomac River, or for any person
or corporation with whom such owner shall
have contract in writing for the purpose, or
for the agents, servants or employees of such
person or corporation, to dig, dredge, take
and carry away sand, gravel or other material
from the bed OF said river opposite said lands,
from high water mark on the shore bordering
on said lands to the outer line of the channel
nearest SAID shore, subject to the laws OF the
United States relating TO navigation; and pro-
v1ded, further, that none of the provisions of
this section shall be deemed to interfere, in
any manner, with the provisions of any law of
the State of Maryland relating to the taking
and catching of fish and oysters.
Section p And be it enacted, That this Act
shall take effect from the date of its passage.
Approved April 7, 1900.
JOHN WALTER SMITH,
Governor.
JOHN HUBNER, o
President of the Senate.
LLOYD WILKINSON,
Speaker of the House of Delegates.
We hereby certify, That the aforegoing is
correct copy of an Act of the General Assem-
bly, of Maryland, passed January Session, 1900.
ALFRED RITTER,
Secretary of the Senate.
B. L. SMITH,
Chief Clerk of the House of Delegates.