VI PUBLIC (lENKRAL LAWS. 



POTOMAC. 



Laics 1870, Chap, 'l^h. Sec. \'l. This Act 

 repeals Sec. I'l, ArL 41, Code of Fublio General 

 Laws, and rc-enacfs ilie .sn/iie as heloic. 



Sec. 12. The fishing; fsfasou ibr 8hud aud Her- 

 BpKin ansi 1'^"?? ^'^ ^'^^*^ watcTs of the Potomac liivcr shall be- 

 ®°*^- gin the loth day of March aud end the first day 



of dune in eacli year. 



-Vr.Dcaarc '^^*-'- ^•>- '^ ''-'^.V p'-'i"''^"-"^ 'SiuiU luiul, dril't, uucliur 

 market seine, or .stake iu tlic Potouiac River, or any of its tribu- 

 taries in thi.s State, any gill-nets or seine of any 

 description, (except those commonly called market 

 .seines for summer and winter fish, and Sturgeon 

 nets with eight inches mesh,) at any time not 

 within the period fixed by tlie preceding section, 

 he will forfeit all the boats, seines and fixtures 

 „ , ,, then in his possession, and be fined for each of- 

 and fine. lonce, uot less than fiity, nor more than one hun- 



dred dollars. 



Wh?n to 



owners. 



Sec. 14 unteiuh'd by Lairs 1870, (■hup. 2Uo, as 

 follovjs : 



See. 14. Xo person shall haul, drift or fish any 

 fisb'""" ' seine or gill-net within the water bounds, or 

 berths of any regularly hauled fishing landing, 

 nor ()pposite to any pait of the shore of the oWner 

 or occupier of any such landing, within hauling 

 distance from such shore, between the fifteenth 

 day of March, aud the first day of June in eacli 

 Consent i.r yy^r, witliout the permission of the owner or 

 occupier of such fishing landing, and any person 

 so offending, shall be subject to the Ibrfeiture and 

 fine prescribed by the next preceding section. 



Sec. 15. The owner or occupiers of tlie regular- 

 ly hauled fishing landings are authorized to ren- 

 der any Sheriff or other officer assistance neces- 

 Owiiers^ sarv to arrest auv person violating any of the 

 rijf. provisions ol tlie two preceding sections : and the 



said officer shall .seize all boats, .seines, and fix- 

 tures in possession (jf such ])erson, and carry the 

 person so arrested before some Justice of the 

 Peace, to be dealt with as herein directed : and 

 the said officer may summons the posse coniitatus 

 to aid him in making arrest or seizure authorized 

 by this article, and may for that purpose also 



