struct 



Stationarv 



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the skipper, captain or other person commanding 

 such vessel, lioat or boat, shall pay to the owner 

 or holder of such, seine, not less than twenty, nor 

 more than one hundred dollars, at the discretion 

 of the Justice of the Peace trying the case. 



Sect. 23, E. A)id be it enacf&l, That if any per- 

 son shall wilfully and maliciously put any stake, 

 ^'ot (o bh- log, stone, ballast or other obstruction in the berth 

 or haul of any fishery, he shall j^ay a iine of not 

 less than twenty, nor more than one hundred dol- 

 lars, at the discretion of the Justice of the Peace 

 trying the case. 



Lmvs 1870, Chctpter 235, enovi the folloirimj .sy-r- 

 tions : 



Sect. 1. Be it enacted Ixj tin- General Anseinblij of 

 weir may "bo Moriflaiid, That all stationary- or pernuxnent weirs 

 abated. or hedges in the AVestern Branch of the Patuxent 



Piiver, or on the Eastern Branch of the Potomac 

 River, and its tributaries, in Prince Georges 

 county, are declared nuisances, and may bo abated 

 as such by any person. 



Sec. 2. And be it enacted, That if any person 

 sliall place or make any stationary oi- permanent 

 weir or hedge in the said branches, or their tribu- 

 F(,rfeUuii'. tarics, contrary to tlie ])rovisions of the ])receding 

 section^ lie shall forfeit tire sum of twenty-live 

 dollars, to be recovered before any Justice of the 

 Peace of said county, one-half to the informer or 

 person who may sue for the same, the other iialf 

 to be paivl to the Justice of the Peace, and by him 

 paid to tlie School Commissioners of said county 

 for the use of the public schools. 



Sec. '.'). And be it enackid, That if an}' ])erson 



shall lish any such w^eii' or hedge, he shall for 



Forfeiture. Gvevv offencc, forfeit the sum of hfteen dollars, to 



be recovered and. applied as in the preceding-^ 



section . 



RIVERS IN TALBOT, DORCHESTER, AND 

 CAROLINE COUNTIES. 



Sec. 24. No person sliall take or catch iish in 



the waters of Talbot, Dorchester oi- Caroline 



reiident^!^^'^ countics, cxccpt thc citizcns of said counties, and 



except such residents of this State as mav obtain 



