Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1924-08-09
PUBLIC GENERAL LAWS

papers of the County, or by written
or printed handbills put up in public
places near said pond, any person who
thereafter enter upon such premises,
without the consent Of the owner, for
the purpose of fishing, or shall catch
in said pond or ponds and take there
from any fish, shall be guilty OF q
trespass, and, in addition thereto, shall
be guilty of misdemeanor and upon
conviction thereof before any Justice
of the Peace in this State shall be
fined not less than Twenty-Five dollars
($25.0O) nor more than One Hundred
Dollars $1,000, for each and every Of
tense, and shall stand committed to
the County Jail or Baltimore City
Jail until such fine and costs are paid.
76. Amy person or company engaged
in the increase Of Brook Trout by
artificial process (known as fish cul-
ture) may take from his or their pond
or ponds in any way, and cause to be
transported and may sell any Brook
Trout and the spawn of Brook Trout
at any time;~ and common carriers
may transport them, and dealers, may
sell them on condition that the pack
ages thereof so transported are &C.
companied by certificate from JUS.
tice of the Peace, certifying that such
trout are sent by the owners or agents
or parties so engaged in fish culture;
and such person or company may take,
in any way and at any time, upon the
premises of any person, under permits.
sion of the owners thereof, brook
trout to be kept and used for artificial
propagation only, and for no other
purpose. Permits for propagation Of
trout in a pond or ponds privately
owned may be issued by the State
Game and Fish Warden, free Of cost.
however, person propagating any OF
the game or fresh water fishes named
in this Act must apply for permit to
transport or sell, barter or exchange
any fish or fishes which may be so
offered.
Is. No person shall catch or in any
manner take or kill in any waters OF
this State above point where the
tide GIBBS and flows, any Of the game
or fresh water fishes herein named.
and no person or persons shall catch.
take or kill or have in possession any
brown trout, brook trout or rainbow
trout or any other species Of the sal.
mon and trout family Except Sque-
teague) of any size less than six
inches nor any large or small mouth
bass less than nine inches or any
pike or pickerei less than fourteen
inches, measuring in case Of each fisi
from the tip of the nose to the en- |
of the caudal fin or tail, In any man.
ner whatsoever, nor at any time save
only with rod, line and hook or hooks
baited with natural bait, or tied with
artificial fly or with spoon or spin
ner, each equipped with hook, or
hooks.
80. No person shall, in this State,
in any manner or at any time so OBJ.
struct any stream above where the
tide Gibbs and flows, so that fish shall
not have free access up and down
; said stream.
81. Every owner Of a dam or dams
upon any of the 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.
80. No person shall place, throw or
make use of in any waters of this
State except bona fide engineering.
milling or mining purposes, any dyna-
mite or other explosive substance, or
any lime, poison, acid, sawdust, shaw
ing or other substance whatsoever
delterious to or destructive Of fish
life, under penalty Of not less than
One Hundred Dollars ($100) nor
more than Three Hundred Dollars
| $4,000, or imprisonment in the peni.
Tertiary for not less than one year
nor more than three years, or be both
fined and imprisoned in the discretion
of the Court; provided. however, that
nothing in this section shall apply to
sawmi1ls now in operation until Octo-
Der l., 1903, unless said sawmill or
mills shall in the meantime change its
or their location; and further pro-
vided, that any sawmill or mills NOV
ing from its or their present location,
shall be considered new mill or
mills, and shall be subject to the pro-
visions of this section.
S2-A. Any person found guilty of
violating any section or part or parts
Of sections of this Act unless the
penalty is provided for in the section,
shall! be deemed guilty of a misde-
meanor and upon conviction thereof
before any Justice of the Peace of this
State shall be fined not less than
twenty-five dollars (s25) nor more
than One Hundred Dollars ($100) for
each and every offense, and shall
stand committed to the County Jail
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