266 BULLETIN OF THE UNITED STATES FISH COMMISSION. 



courts of this State, or the clerk of the court of common pleas of Bal- 

 timore City, as the case may be, shall collect before granting such 

 license one cent per square yard for every square yard of haul-seine 

 of one-inch mesh, and one quarter of one cent in addition thereto for 

 every square yard for every quarter of an inch decrease from one inch 

 in .size of mesh, and one-eighth of one cent less for every square yard 

 for every increase of one quarter of an inch over one inch in size of 

 mesh. 



Sec. VII. And be it enacted, That every person applying for a license 

 to fish with a gill-net shall pay for the same one cent per square yard for 

 every square yard of net whose mesh is less than one and one-half 

 inches, and three-quarters of one cent per square yard of net whose 

 mesh is over one and one-half inches and less than two and one-half 

 inches, and one-half of one cent per square yard for every square yard 

 of net whose mesh is over two and one-half inches. 



Sec. VIII. And be it enacted, That every person applying for a license 

 for a weir, fyke-net, pound-net, or fixed apparatus, or apparatus of any 

 kind for fishing, other thau a haul-seine or gill-net, shall pay one cent 

 per square yard for every square yard of fence or leader, and shall also 

 pay in addition for every square yard of the bowl or pocket of the said 

 weir, fyke-net, pound-net, or other apparatus, at the rate, and as pre- 

 scribed in this act for haul-seines. 



Sec. IX. And be it enacted, That for the purposes of this act, the 

 meshes of all seines and nets of every description whatever shall be 

 measured by the length of the side or bar of the mesh. 



Sec. X. And be it enacted, That no license shall be required for any 

 seine which is hauled and emptied exclusively in such inclosures as are 

 commonly known as "ponds:" Provided, however, that if the owner or 

 owners of such seine shall haul and empty the same in any other man- 

 ner, he or they shall, unless licensed as hereinbefore provided, be deemed 

 guilty of fishing with a seine without license, and liable as hereinafter 

 provided for such offense. 



Sec. XI. And be it enacted, That the clerks of the several courts as 

 aforesaid shall each account to the comptroller of the treasury, in his 

 next quarterly return, for all funds obtained from licenses granted under 

 this act, and such return shall contain a statement of the number of 

 such licenses issued, to whom issued, and the size and character of the 

 fishing apparatus for which each license was issued, and all funds which 

 come into the State treasury from such licenses shall be placed to the 

 credit of a fund to be called the " State fishery fund," and the same shall 

 be paid out upon the warrant of the comptroller, to be issued upon the 

 requisition of the commission 9f fisheries, subject to the approval of 

 the governor, and to be used in purchasing or leasing sites, erecting 

 and providing implements, equipments, and ponds for fish breeding, and 

 for payment of the salaries of the fish wardens. 



Sec. Xli. And be it enacted, That no fish-pot or fish basket shall be 



