PUBLIC (:^ENEKAf. LAWS. Til 



|)ress, ;it the exyjeiise of the State, iiuy stejiinboat 

 or other vessel belonging to anyj'eiti^en of this 

 State not actually engaged in carrying the United 

 States ninil. 



Section Id /.v re[H'(th'd fnf (UmiK ~'l. Lmrs^ of 



1872. 



Sec. IT. It' any ]icr.«<)ii shall, (luring the nutnth.s 

 mentioiied in the precerling sectirni. ]dace any 

 boat, vessel or other ol)strnction nr hindrance in (jjf/^o'"""^' 

 the way ot" laying out or hauling any seine used 

 in any lawful tislicry on said river or its triliuta- 

 rios, or otliorwise obstruct or hinder such laying- 

 out or hauling, and he or his agents shall fail <»r 

 refuse forthwith to remove such <)bstru(;tioii or 

 hindi'ance on ])eing required to do so by the ])er- 

 son so obstructed or hindered, he siiall pay a fine ^"'"'^• 

 of not less than ( wenty nor more than one hundred 

 dollars. 



Sec. 18. If any pcr.sdu shall wilfully and nni- 

 liciously place any obstruction or hindrance in tbv 

 wav of layinc: out or haulins^; in anv seine, '^rai'tious 



• " ^ V ^ £i \ l^ ' \t l obstruction. 



in any lawful nshery upon the Jotoniai' 

 River, or its tributaries, or in any other manner 

 or way prevent a bona tide owner of a shore, or 

 his agent or tenant, from using or fishing such 

 shore, he shall, on conviction, forfeit and pay not Foi-iviturtf. 

 less than fifty dollars, nor more than five hun- 

 dred dollars, or be imprisoned for not less than 

 one month, nor more than one year ; this and the 

 preceding section not to apply to any obstruction 

 c>r hindrance by unavoidaDlc accident or stress of 

 weather. 



Sec. 19. Any owner or occupier of a fishery on 

 llie Potomac mav cause and i)ermit all vessels em- pwnei' of 

 ployed by him in carrying on his business to be allow ve.-i'selt..) 

 anchored or moved opposite his shore, but not so »nch<u-. 

 as to interfere witli the rights of the owners or 

 occupiers of adjoining shores in laying out their 

 seines. 



Sec. 20, Art. 41, Cock of Public (renercd Lrnrs, 

 is repealed hy Chap. 202, Jjcucs 1872. 



Sub-Sec, J . And he it further eiiactexl. That 

 sub-section one, of the Code of Public {leneral Reenacfeii. 

 Laws, title ''Fish and Fisheries," sub-title ''Po- 

 tomac," be and the same is hereby repealed, and 

 re-enacted so as to read as follows ; 



