The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1906-05-12
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
dollars ($25), nor more than one hund-
red dollars ($100) for each and every
offense; provided, however, that moth
ing in this section contained shall
prevent anyone from capturing anu
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.
S4 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
collectible under the provisions of this
Act, and all such fines and penalties
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
s s,, prosecutions are begun or insti-
Luted 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
hne 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
1w1A1
under penalty of two dollars (s2)
for each fish so caught, taken or kill
ed
So. 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
the same, or at any time of any size
less than there is provided, whether
such fish so had in possession exposed
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
or IN any other State, Territory or
county, under a penalty Cor having in
possession, exposing for SALE selling
or buying of each such fish similar in
amount, respectively, to that hereinbe-
fore made, and provided for the file
gal catching of the same; but nothing
IN this section contained shall be so
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 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
certitcate 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-
SAD closed seasons or dates between
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.
&c. 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 ad-
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
427 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, BaIti-
Y 9flire H.o9,wfatgy,di!---Cacil, Kent Queen
Charles, Talbot Worcester Ca1veff,s 6Sf
Somerset Counties. or to Baltimore City.
Sec. 2. And be it further enacted,
That this Act shall take effect from
the date of it's passage
Approved March 81 1906
EDWIN WAKEFIELD.
Governor.
JOSEPH B. SETH.
President of Senate.
CARVILLE D. BENSON
Speaker of House of Delegates.