The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1906-05-12
TCHAPTER 1911

[CHAPTER 1911
AN ACT to repeal Sections. IS, 70, so,
81, 49, SO, S4 SIS and sc Of Article 80
of the Code of Public General Laws,
entitled, Fish and Fisheries" sub
title, Trout and other Fish," as
the same were amended by Chapter
35S or Tie Acts of 1899, and to re-
WHEREAs # IS gide ihf@a66fRedmq4ents
greater uniformity in the laws of this
State governing the protection and in
crease of the food fishes in all the
waters of this State above the point
where the tide GIBBS and flows. in
order to a more equitable and effectual
enforcement thereof;
Section l. Be it enacted by the Gener-
al Assembly of Maryland, That Sections
rs, 10, So 81, 50, SO, "a, IS and Sc of
Article 80 of the Code of Public Cen
eral Laws of Maryland, entitled, FISH
other Fish" as amended by the Acts
of 1902, Chapter 35S, be and the same
are hereby repealed and re-enacted
so as to read as follows:
IS. No person shall catch or in any
manner take or kill in any waters
of this State, above a point where the
tide GIBBS and flows, any black bass,
pickerel or pike perch, otherwise
known as wall-eyed pike, and Califor-
MIA salmon, between the first day of
April and the fifteenth day of June,
both inclusive. in each and every year,
in any manner whatsoever, nor at any
time. save only with rod, line and
single hook baited with natural bait
or tied with artificial fly, or with a
spoon or spinner, each equipped with
a single hook, or of any size less than
eight inches, measuring in the case of
each fish from the tip of the nose to
a penalty of five dollars (S5.00) for
each fish so unlawfully caught, taken
or killed.
IS. No person shall catch. or in any
fol Iii in, cot ta,.c
at any time. any white perch of any
size less than seven inches in length,
or any yellow perch of any size less
than eight inches in length, or any
length. or any rock, otherwise known
as striped bass, or any taylor of any
size less than ten inches in length,
measuring. in the, case of each fish;
from the tip of the nose to the end
of the caudal fin or tail.
so. No person shall, in this State,
in any manner or at any time, so
obstruct any stream above where the
or other fish have been placed by
the State or natural government, so
that said fish shall not have free ac-
cess up and down said stream, under
a penalty of not less than ten dollars
($10), nor more than twenty-five dol
lars (S25). for every such offense
81. Every owner of a dam or dams
upon any of said waters of this State
is hereby required to make and keep
in repair or cause to be made and
kept in repair and placed upon said
dam or dams at least one fish ladder
of such a character as to enable fish
| to have a free course up and down
said waters at all times. under a pen
lars ($25). nor more than one hundred
dollars ($100). for each and every Of
Tense.
50. No person shall place, throw or
alya Of IN
cept from bona fide engineering. milling
or mining purposes any dynamite or 9TH
er explosive substance. or any lime. poi
son, acid, sawdust shavings or other
substance whatsoever deleteriouS to or
destructive of fish life. under a pen
atty of not less than one hundred
dollars ($100), nor more than three
hundred dollars $4,000, or imprison-
ment in the penitentiary for not less
than one year nor more than three
years. or be both fined and imprisoned
in the discretion of the Court; pro-
vided however, that nothing in this
section shall apply to sawmills now in
operation until October /. 1908. unless
said saw mill or mills shall in the
meantime change its or their location:
and further provided that any sawmill
or mills moving from its or their
present location. shall be considered
new mill or mills. and shall be sub
| ject to the provisions of this section.
So No person shall at any time
empty any seine or net of any descrip-
ton whatsoever upon the beach. shore
or land bordering upon any of the
waters of this State. above tide. and
| no person shall at any time so empty
any such seine or net as to leave to
perish upon the said beach. shore or
! land or upon any boat or float any
white perch of any size less than seven
| inches in length. or any yellow perch
! of any size less than eight inches in
| length. or any rock fish o" striped
/ taylor size less
| than ten inches in length. or any pike
Of any size less than fourteen inches
( in length. measuring in each case of
! each one of the said fish from the tip