N'ili PUBLIC^ GENERAL LAWI^. 



8ul)-Sec. 1. No person shall tish iu tlie Poto- 

 Xot lo'catch mac River or its tributaries, lor 8had and Herring; 

 license. <liiring- the season herein prescribed, with seines, 



gill-nets or nets of any kind, without having first 

 obtained a license therefor, as hereinafter pro- 

 vided ; and no person shall be entitled to obtain 

 such license for fishing with a hauling seine wlio 

 Nit itti (I ^^ ^^^^^ ^^^^ owner or 03cupier ol some tishing shore 

 to'iicense. ou Said rivcr, nor shall any be entitled to obtain 

 such license for fishing with gill-nets, except bona 

 fide citizens of tlic counties bordering on said 

 river. 



This ^Ict repeals >si(b--st'c(ion, I of ('hop. 200, 

 Luifs of 1S70, (tur/ rr-cmiclH ih<' 6-in>ie f^s• in fhr 

 text. 



Sub-ISec. 2. All ])ersuns eiititk'd under the laws 

 Hu>v to ob- '^^'^ ^^^^ State to fish for Shad and Herring in the 

 tain license. Potomac Eivcr and its tributaries, shall first ob- 

 tain a license therelbr, by application to the ( Uerk 

 of the Circuit (Joiirt for the county bordering on 

 said river opposite to, ov in whicli ]i(> may desire 

 to fish, whicli license shall have effect for, and 

 during tiie period hereinbefore fixed ; and the 

 „, , Comiitroller of the Tretisnrv shall cause to lie 



Treasurer to ,1 i i t i i ' i /-mi i ,. i 



to furnish printed and delivered to the several Clerks ot the 



blank iieease. (^^ircuit CoUrts for the countics bordering on said 



liver, the requisite number of sucli blank licenses, 



and take their receipts for the same as ibr other 



licenses furnished ; and said Clerks shall, on the 



„ , , first Mondav in June iu eacii vear, return to the 



Return to . , /-j , ' n t i " r- i t 



Comptroller, suid Comptroller a list and account ot such licenses 

 issued b\- them. 



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Sub-Sec. 15. Every license to fish, as aforesaid, 

 shall state the name and residence of the person 

 side'Tiee. ' ' to wdiom tlic samc is granted, the descriptian of 

 the fishing fix to be used, wliether hauling seine 

 or gill-net : the number of square fathoms of 

 seine or net when rigged, and that he is the hoim 

 jkle owner of the same, and every person to whom 

 such license may be granted, shall first pay to the 

 Clerk wliere granted, throe cents for eacli square 

 latliom of seine, and one cent for each square 

 iiithom of gill-net to be used ; but no license 

 siiall be granted to any one applying for the same, 

 unless such applicant shall make oath before the 

 Clerk autherized to issue the same, or before some 



