The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1912-05-10
TO BLACK BASS AND
IL BROOK TROUT IN FREDER-
lex AND CARROLL COUN-
TIES,
CHAPTER 634.


AN ACT to repeal and re-enact with
amendments Chapter 642 Of the
Acts Of the General Assembly of
Maryland, passed at the January
Session, 1910, entitled IAN Act to
further protect the black bass and
brook trout in Frederick and Car
roll Counties. '
Section /. BE it enacted by the
General Assembly of Maryland that
Cl apter 642 of the Acts Of 1910, en-
titled IAN Act to further protect the
black bass and brook trout in Freder
lex and Carroll Counties" be and the
same j. hereby repealed and re-en
acted with amendments as follows:
Section 1. Be it enacted by the
General Assembly of Maryland, That
it shall be unlawful to catch black
bass and brook trout in the waters of
Frederick and Carroll Counties, ex-
cept during the months of June, July
August, September, October and No
vember, and then only with rod and
line, this section not to apply, how
ever, to the Potomac river.
Section 2. Be it Kurther enacted,
That it shall be unlawful to fish with
Seines or stir-nets or set-netS or nets
Of any kind within the said waters at
anytime, excepting dip-nets for carp
and minnow nets for obtaining bait
And that, further, it shall be unlawful
to place any fish baskets within said
waters.
Section 3. Be it further enacted,
That it shall be unlawful for non-resi
dents of the State of Maryland to
fish in the waters of said counties
without first obtaining license from
the Clerk Of the Circuit Court for
either Frederick or Carroll County,
said nonresident shall pay for said
license the sum Of rlve dollars, fifty
cents Of which shall go to the Clerk
of the Circuit Court issuing the same
and the balance shall be paid to the
State Treasurer to be credited to the
State Game Protection Fund, to be
used by the State Game Warden, a.
provided by law. Licensees shall ex-
hibit said licenses when required to
do so by deputy game wardens or
constables, and upon failure to do 20
shall be subject to the same penalty
as for violation of this section.
Section A. BE it further enacted,
That it shall be unlawful to have in
possession within said counties any
brook trout or black bass under six
inches i'm length, measuring from the
| tip Of the mouth to the tip OF the
tail.
Section 5. Any person violating
any Of the provisions Of Sections one,
two, or four Of this Act shall be
deemed guilty of misdemeanor, and
upon conviction thereof shall be fined
not less than twenty-five nor more
than fifty dollars. Any person fail
| ing to procure a license as required
by Section 3, or failing to exhibit the
same when requested so to do by
any deputy warden or constable shall
| likewise be deemed guilty of a mis-
demeanor, and upon conviction there
of shall pay a fine of ten dollars. In
the event of the nOn-payment of any
of the fines imposed by this Act, the
person SO convicted shall be commit
ted to the County Jail until such fine
| L. paid, but i'm no case shall such i'm
prisonment be for more than thirty
days. One-half of any fines collected
under this Act shall 60 to the inform
er, and the other shall 20 to the State
Treasurer, to be credited by the State
Game Protection Fund and disbursed
according to law.
Section 6. Be it further enacted,
That all Acts or parts of Acts which
are inconsistent with this law are
hereby repealed
Section z. Be it further enacted,
That this Act shall take effect from
the date of its passage.
Approved April IL, 1912
P. L. GOLDSBOROUGH,
Governor
JESSE ID. PRICE,
| President of the Senate
JAMES McC. Triple,
| Speaker Of the House of Delegates.
Office of the Secretary of the Senate
| I Hereby Certify, That the afore-
going is true copy of an Act of the
General Assembly of Maryland, passed
at the January Session, 1912.
JOHN r. SULLIVAN,
Secretary of the Senate.