268 BULLETIN OF THE UNITED STATES FISH COMMISSION. 



Sec. XVII. And be it enacted, That no person shall haul, drift, or 

 fish any seine or gill-net within the water bounds or berths of any regu- 

 lar fishing landing in this State and iu the Potomac River, nor opposite 

 to any part of the shore of the owner or occupier of any such landing, 

 within hauling distance from such shore, between the fifteenth day of 

 March and the first day of June in each year without the permission of 

 the owner or occupier of such fishing lauding, and any such person so 

 offending shall be fined not less than fifty nor more than one hundred 

 dollars for the first offence, and for the second offence he shall be fined 

 one hundred dollars, and shall also forfeit his seine, gill-net, boat, and 

 all his fishing apparatus. 



Sec. XVIII. And be it enacted, That the owner or owners of all dams 

 erected now or hereafter in or across any of the rivers of this State, or 

 streams running into such rivers, or the Potomac Eiver, or streams 

 running into said river, shall make and keep in repair, properly con- 

 structed fish ladders or fishways, to be placed on said dams so as to 

 afford to the fish in said rivers or streams, free course up and down 

 said river or streams, and if any owner or owners of such dams shall 

 fail to comply with this provision within six months from the passage 

 and approval of this act, he or they shall be deemed guilty of a misde- 

 meauor, and upon conviction thereof iu the court of the county where 

 such owner resides, or in the criminal court of Baltimore city, shall be 

 fined not less than three, nor more than five hundred dollars, and such 

 dam shall be deemed a nuisance and liable to be abated as other nui- 

 sances under the laws of this State. 



Sec. XIX. And be it enacted, That no person shall catch, take or 

 fish for any fish from off or on any fishways or fish ladders in any of 

 the waters of this State, or of the Potomac River, and any person of- 

 fending against this provision, shall be fined one hundred dollars, and 

 shall forfeit all his fishing apparatus. 



Sec. XX. And be it enacted, That if any person during the season for 

 fishing for shad and herring as hereinbefore provided for, shall take or 

 catch with seine, gill-net, fyke-net, or net of any kind or description, or 

 with weir or fixed apparatus of any kind or description, any fish of any 

 kind between the hours of twelve o'clock in., on Saturday, and twelve 

 o'clock midnight, Sunday in each week, he shall be fined one dollar for 

 every fish so taken. 



Sec. XXI. And be it enacted, That from and after the passage of this 

 act it shall not be lawful for any person to take, capture or destroy any 

 fish by seine, gill net, or net of any kind or description, or by fish-bas- 

 ket, iish-pot, weir, or any fixed apparatus of any kind or description, 

 except as is herein provided in the case of the Susquehanna River, or 

 to destroy or capture any fish by shooting or striking them on the ice 

 anywhere beyond one mile above tidewater in any of the waters of this 

 State, or of the Potomac River: Provided, That it may be lawful to use 

 without having obtained a license therefor, a dip-net for landing large 



