The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-06-04

Is years shall fish with rod, hook
and line IN the waters of the State
Of Maryland above a point where
the tide GIBBS and flows, without
first having obtained a license as
hereinafter provided. The fee for
such license shall be 81 for resi-.
dents and SIS for non-residents each
year, and shall expire on the thirty
first day of December next follow.
ing the date of issuance. Nothing
in this act shall apply to owners
fishing from shore adjacent to their
property bordering on said streams,
or to the owners families, tenants
and their families and employees.
Such license shall entitle the hold
er to fish with rod, hook and line
in said waters, shall be non-trans-
ferable, must be carried by the
person to whom it has been issued
while fishing in said waters, and
shall be exhibited to any officer
OF the State of Maryland, when re-
quired.
S5-B.-Licenses shall be issued by
the clerk Of the circuit court for
each county and the clerk of the
court of common pleas of Balti-
more City, on forms prepared and
supplied by the State conservation
commissioner, and shall show the
name, age, occupation and residence
Of the licensee; the date of its is.
suance, must be signed in ink by
such licenseee; and shall authorize
the person named to fish with rod,
hook and line in the waters of the
State of Maryland above a point
where the tide GIBBS and flows,
under the restrictions of existing
laws during that current year, and
said clerks of said courts shall keep
in a book to be supplied by him
correct and complete record of
all fishing licenses issued by him,
and shall cause to be entered in
such book when and as each IL
cense is issued, the name, place
OF resident. and age of each person
to whom a license is issued, such
book shall be open during business
hours for inspection or audit; and
said clerk shall forward weekly to
the State conservation commission.
er a complete list Of all licenses
issued on blanks to be furnished by
said State conservation commission.
err. Said license fee shall be paid
to said clerk at the time of the
issuance thereof, and said clerk
shall deduct therefrom the sum of
10 cents for each resident and the
sum of SO cents for each non.
resident license so paid for, and the
balance of said fees shall be paid by
said clerk at least once each month
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the account of conservation fund.
S5.C-Any person violating this
act or who shall alter, loan or
transfer a license to him issued,
as herein provided, and any person
while fishing with hook and line,
using a license issued to another
person shall be guilty Of a mis-.
domeanor, and upon conviction
thereof before a justice of the
peace OF the State of Maryland,
shall be sentenced to pay a fine
Of $40 for each offense and the
costs, and such persons license
shall be void and shall be sur.
rendered to such justice of the
peace, and by such justice imme.
diatelys sent to the State conserva.
ton commissioner, and in. default
Of payment of such fine and costs,
such person shall stand committed
to the county or city jail, as the
case may be, for a period of one
day for each dollar Of said fine and
costs which shall be unpaid. All
fines recovered under this act shall
be Immediately forwarded by the
justice Of the peace to whom they
are paid, to the treasurer OF Mary.
land, together with a statement of
the cause for which said money
shall have been collected; the cost
of such statement is hereby fixed
at so cents and hereby made a
part of the costs of prosecution;