IV PUBLIO (tENERAL LAW.S. 



Shall cob fi.t ge^^._ 3^ a^'q person .sjiall place in the head waters 

 Pooie'giaiaufj. of the Chesapeake Bay, or in the Sassafras, Elk, 

 Bohemia, Norths East or Siisrjuchanna Kivers, or 

 In any of their trihutarie.s, any stakes, piles or 

 other thing for the purpose of attaching seines or 

 nets thereto, with the view of taking Shad or tlsh 

 of any description; this not to apply to any por- 

 tion of said Bay below Poole's Island. 



Sec. 4, is repealed by Cliap. 190, Laws 1872. 



Forfeitnre. S^c. 5. Any pcrson violating either of the two 



preceding sections, shall forlx'it the seine or nets 

 attached as aforesaid, and the boats and materials 

 used for fishing the seine, and shall also for each 

 offence pay a fine of fifty dollars, 



Xo TMsei shall ^ec. (x No vessel, iloat of timber or plank, or of 

 anchor. any other materials. i>v of any description or kind 



whatsoever, nor any boat of any description, un- 

 less compelled to do so, by stress of weather, or 

 other unavoidable accident, shall be anchored or 

 stayed in any fishery in the Susquehanna River, 

 or at the head of the Chesapeake Bay, at any time 

 between the first day of April, and twentieth day 

 of May, in any year, and remain thns anchored for 

 the space of half an hour, w'hen the weather will 

 admit of the departure of such vessel, float or boat, 

 after being ordered to depart therefrom by the 

 owner or occupier of .such fishery; tlie usual haul 

 of a seine from any floating battery anchored be- 

 tween Spesutia Island, and I*oint Concord in the 

 Chesapeake Bay, for the purpose of fishing, shall 

 be to all intents and purposes considered as a 

 fishery within the meaning of this section. 

 pjop See. 7. Any person violating the preceding sec- 



tion shall pay a fine of twent}' dollars for each 

 ofl'ence, and every hour the vessel or other ob- 

 struction continues after the half hour mentioned 

 in the preceding section shall be considered a new 

 and separate ofi'ence. 

 Skipper shall gg(.^ >^ ffj^e skipper, the captain, owner or oc- 

 '^^'^ " ' cupier of the vessel, float or boat referred to in the 

 two preceding sections, shall be liable to pay said 

 fine, and the A^essel, float or boat so anchored or 

 stayed as above mentioned, shall also be liable to 

 be seized and sold to pay any fines imposed under 

 the preceding section. 

 Shall har« Sec. 9. If any Buch vessel, float or boat shall i»e 



damages. willingly, wautouly and maliciously, or from gross 



