The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1927-06-23
PUBLIC LOCAL LAWS
Passed by the General Assembly
of Maryland at it's 1927 Session
RELATING TO FISHING IN
DEEP CREEK LAKE.
CHAPTER 5S2.

Conservation Department of Mary
land to require all persons fishing
or boating on the waters of Deep
Creek Lake, located in Garrett
County, now under lease to the
State of Maryland by the Eastern
Land Corporation and the YOughiO-
gheny Hydro Electric Corporation,
to secure license therefor; prescri-
bling the manner in which said licen-
ses are to be issued and the cost
thereof, and how license fees are to
be collected; authorizing the estab-
lishment of fish hatcherie n hereOn
and providing for the maintenance
thereof; defining the kinds and
classes of boats which may be used
thereon; requiring all owners of
boats to secure license therefor;
prescribing the manner in which
said licenses are to be issued, cost
requiring the registration of boats;
providing for the policing of said
area and prescribing penalties for
the violation of the provisions of
this Act.
WHEREAS, By the project of the
Youghiogheny Hydro Electric Corpor-
alton, an artificial lake, twelve miles
long and an average of half a mile
wide, has been formed from number
of mountain streams flowing into it,
and is privately owned and under con-
troll of the said corporation, and the
above corporation and the Eastern
Land Corporation, leased on March
5, 1926, for a period of five years to
the State of Maryland, under the su-
pervision of the Conservation De-
partment, said lake to be set aside as
a fish and game sanctuary, with power
to regulate fishing and hunting there
on, and
WHEREAS, Said lake is adaptable
to rainbow and brook trout, much
sought after by game fishermen of
this and other States, and is being
constantly stocked by the Conversa-
ton Department with the above
species of fish, and the waters of the
lake admirably situated for the pur-
pose of rearing young trout, it is pro-
posed to stock this lake with fish and
permit the public to fish and hunt on
this preserve under certain resrric-
tons, as follows:
Section l. Be it enacted by the Gen.
eral Assembly of Maryland, That the
Conservation Commissioner of Mary
land be and he is hereby authorized
and directed to require all persons de-
string to fish or boat on that part of
the waters of Deep Greek Lake under
lease to the State of Maryland, by
the Eastern Land Corporation and the
Youghiogheny Hydro-Electric Corpo-
ration to obtain a license so to do in
thn o,oI ,,nIa,, +ho ao,oIi+iopr
hereinafter provided in this Act.
Sec. 2. Be it further enacted, That
it shall be unlawful for any person to
fish upon the waters referred to in
Section l of this Act without first OBJ
tanning from the Clerk of the Circuit
Court for Garrett county an annual
License so to do, and paying therefor
in the case of non-residents of the
State the sum of five dollars $500,
in the case of residents of the State
who are non-residents of Garrett
county the sum of two dollars and fiji
ty cents (S2.50), and in the case of
citizens of Garrett county the sum of
one dollar (S1.00), together with a fee
of twenty-five cents (25c.) for each
license to the Clerk for issuance of
same. The Clerk of the Court shall
on receipt of the proper fees issue a
license and tag, to be supplied by the
Conservation Department and said IL
cense shall bear the signature of the
Conservation Commissioner and shall
be countersigned by the Clerk who is
sues same, who shall at the same time
fill out stub attached to the license
blank showing the name and post Of
flee address of the licensee, and shall
then detach said stub and mail same
to the Conservation Department the
first day of each and every month in
each year. Said license shall specify
in addition to the licensees name and
post office address the number of IL
cense, date of opening and closing of
season, and the creel limit in the area
referred to in Section l of this Act.
Such license shall be void on the first
day of January of each year following
date of issue. Every licensee. while
fishing in the area herein prescribed
shall have upon his person the license
referred to above and shall also dis
play IN conspicuous manner upon
his person tag or other device bear
ing his license number. The license
must be produced for the inspection of
the game wardens, deputy game war
dens, sheriffs, constables or other
officers or persons demanding to see
1t. The Clerk shall account for the
license fees so collected in full without
any deductions or commissions, to the
Comptroller in the same manner as
receipts from the issuance of cunning
licenses are now accounted for. The
Comptroller shall place the funds so
received to the credit of the Conser-
walton Fund to be used by the Con-
5ervatlon Commissioner for the pur-
poses hereinafter provided in his Act.
Sec. 3. And be it further enacted,
mat the open season in the area here
IN described for all fish other than
carp and suckers, shall be from the
first day of June to the fifteenth dav
OF August, both dates inclusive. and
then only by means of rod, hook and
line. The creel limit on all fish, ex-
cept trout of all varieties, shall be not
over SO in the aggregate in one day
no f1sh smaller than five inches in
length shall be taken. The creel limit
on trout shall be not over ten in one
day,-,no trout under eight inches in
length shall be taken.
The Conservation Commissioner
shall not at any time during the term
OF the lease herein referred to close
to the public any part of the area ex-
cept he may at his discretion and for
the proper propagation of fish close