The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1906-05-18
PUBLIC GENERAL LAWS.


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
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
dollars ($25), nor more than one humid
red dollars (S100) for each and every
orense; provided, however, that Moth
ing in this section contained shall
prevent anyone from capturing and
destroying in any manner save only
by the way prohibited by Section 50 of
this Act, any German Crap or any
leather crap of any description whatso-
ever of any size.
"a. 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
determine all prosecutions for the pur-
pose of enforcing fines and penalties
coliectible under the provisions OF this
Act, and all such fines and penalties
the provisions of Section of Chapter
293 OF the Acts of the General AS
sembfy of Maryland, passed at the Ses-
sion or 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. then one-half of such
| fine or fines, after the proper court
costs, or costs of the magistrate in
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
| In any manner to throw or cause to
J be thrown any slab of timber or other
substance across or into any stream,
| under penalty of two dollars (s2J
/ il
| ed.
s.. No person shall have in possess
sion, expose for sale: sell or buy. any
the City of Baltimore or in any of the
counties of this State during the afore-
said respective closed season or dates,
except ~ white lite. perch perch, between which i
section of this Act, to catch or kill
d, the same, OF at any time of any size
less than there Is provided. whether
for sale, sold or bought. shall have
been caught, trapped or in any other
manner taken or Killed in that county,
or in any other county of this State,
county. under penalty for having in
possession. exposing for SALE selling
or buying of each such fish similar in
amount. respectively. to that hereinbe-
gal catching Of the same; but nothing
| in this section contained shall be so
construed as to prevent any of the
pursuance of their capacity as fsh
culturists, or any other person or cor
| poration which shall drst obtain a
certificate in writing from the State
| Game Warden, to the effect that such
persons or corporations are Engaged
in the scientific culture or propagation
| OF fish from having in his or its pos
session alive at any time any fish for
the purpose Of said scientific culture
or propagation only, and to obtain said
/, certificate said persons or corporations
must file with the State Game Warden
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
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-
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
State of Maryland.
/ SO. That all Acts or parts of Acts,
and all sections and parts of sections
of the Code. both of General and Local
Laws, and all amendments of and adj
| ditions and supplements thereto now
| In force in the State of Maryland, in
consistent with the provisions of this
Act with the exception only of chapter
APT OF the Acts of the General Assem-
bly, Of Maryland. passed at the session
of 1896. 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,
i That this Act shall take effect from
the date of its passage.
i Approved March 27, 1906.
EDWIN WAKEFIELD,
/ Governor.
4 JOSEPH B. SETH,
/ President of Senate.
/ CARVILLE D. BENSON
| Speaker of House of Delegates.