Vim AND FISHERIES. 



PUBLIC GENERAL LAWS. ART. 41. 



HEAD OF BAY. 



Sec. 1. No person except residejit citizens ol Nonp sare 

 this [State, shall fix, set or stake out any set of .;;"*'j;'«°* ^**'- 

 gill-nets, either .stationary ur floatin^jf, or any de- 

 vice wliatever, for tlie taking of Herring and 

 iShad in tlie (/hesapeake Bay, at any time l)etween 

 the tirst of March and the rir.st of June in each 

 year, and any person so offending shall forfeit the Forfeiture, 

 vessel and tackle used in such fishing, and all the 

 nets, apparatus and devices for taking fish, and 

 also pay a fine of fifty dollar.s for each offence. 



Laws 1868, Chap. 421, Sec. 2. This Act re- 

 peals Sec. 2, Art. 41, Code of Public General 

 Laws and re-enacts the same as in the text. 



Sec. 2. No person shall, from the tenth day of shall only use 

 ,]une until the thirty-first of July, in each year, fish "'"ket seines, 

 hy gill-net or liauling seine, within the waters of the 

 Chesapeake Bay, lying within the bounds of Cecil, 

 Kent and Harford counties, or any of its tributa- 

 ries within said counties, unless with seines usu- 

 ally called market seines, which are used for catch- 

 ing summer fish; nor shall any pei'son except resi- 

 dent citizens of this State, or the owners or ten- 

 ants of lands or shores bordering on any of said 

 waters so lying within said counties, fish by gill- 

 net, hauling seine, or any device whatever, within 

 the aforesaid waters, at any period of the year, 

 unless by permission of the owners or tenants of 

 the lands or sliores aforesaid ; and any person 

 violating and offending against either provision of 

 this section shall forfeit the boats^ nets and seine, Fort'eitm-p. 

 or other fixtures used by such offender at the time 

 of so violating the same. 



