The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1906-05-11
PUBLIC GENERAL LAWS.

of the nose to the end of the caudal
fin or tail; but every person so using
any seine or net of any description
shall Immediately and carefully Gull
over and return alive, If possible, to
water of not less than twelve inches
deep all of the aforesaid fish therein
captured of any size less than the
aforesaid respective lengths, under
penalty of not less than twenty-five
red dollars ($10O for each and every
offense; provided, however. that moth
ing in this section contained shall
prevent anyone from capturing and
by the way prohibited by Section 80 of
this Act. any German Crap. or any
leather crap of any description whatso-
ever of any size.
81. All Justices of the Peace of this
state in and for the city or county
wherein the offense shall be committed,
shall have jurisdiction to hear and
pose of enforcing fines and penalties
collectlble under the provisions of this
Act, and all such fines and penalties
are are hereby expressly made subject to
the provisions of Section of Chapter
293 of the Acts of the General AS
sembly of Maryland. passed at the SEES
sion of 1896; and in all cases where
tuted by any person other than the
state Game Warden. or one Of his
Deputy Game Wardens of this State,
and shall result in the collection of
fine or fines. after the proper court
costs, or costs of the magistrate in
convicting the offender shall have been
paid. shall be paid to the informer,
and the other half to the School fund
of the city or county in which said
prosecution is conducted. 1t shall be
unlawful for any person or persons
in any manner to throw or cause to
be thrown any slab of timber or other
substance across or into any stream,
under penalty of two dollars (s2j
for each fish SO caught, taken or kill
SIS. No person shall have in possess
sion, expose for sale. sell or buy any
of the aforesaid, alive or dead, in
the City of Baltimore. or in any of the
counties of this State during the afore
said respective closed season or dates,
except white perch, between which it
is made unlawful. by the preceding
section of this Act. to catch or kill
less than there is provided. whether
such fish so had in possession exposed
for sale. sold or bought shall have
manner taken or killed in that county.
Or in any other county of this State,
or in any other State. Territory or
county, under penalty for having In
or buying of each such fish similar in
amount, respectively to that hereinbe-
fore made. and provided for the lille
gal catching of the same; but nothing
construed as to prevent any of the
Fish Commissioners of this State in
pursuance of their. capacity as fish
culturists, or any other person or cor
certificate in writing from the State
Game Warden to the effect that such
persons or corporations are engeged
In the scientific culture or propagation
OF hsh from having in his or it's pos
session alive at any time any fish for
the purpose of said scientific culture
or opagation only, and to obtain said
certificate said persons or corporations
must file with the State Game Warden
an application and affidavit to the
truth and bona fides thereof, made by
the person or officer of the corporation
requesting the same, and taken before
any officer competent to administer an
oath in this State; and said affidavit
and application shall be retained and
kept on file by said State Game War
den, but the possession of any of the
aforesaid fish during any of the afore-
said closed seasons or dates between
which 1t is hereinafter made unlawful
to catch or trap the same. or any size
less than lawful size. shall in every
instance be prima facie evidence of
unlawful purpose or steams in the
State of Maryland.
and all sections and parts of sections
of the Code. both of General and Local
Laws. and all amendments of and ad-
ditions and supplements thereto, now
IN Iorce IN the state OF Maryland, IN
consistent with the provisions of this
Act, with the exception only of chapter
AT of the Acts of the General Assem-
bly, of Maryland, passed at the session
of 1895, be and the same are hereby re-
pealed; provided that nothing in this
Act shall apply to Frederick, Balti-
more, Howard. Cecil. Kent. Queen
Anne's, Hartford, st. Mary's, Wicomico.
Charles. Talbot Worcester. Calvert. or
Somerset Counties, or to Baltimore City.
Sec. 2. And be it further enacted.
That this Act shall take effect from
the date of its passage
Approved March 81 1906.
EDWIN WAKEFIELD,
Governor.
JOSEPH B. SETH
President of Senate.
CARVILLE D. BENSON
Speaker of House of DELEGATES.