XVni rUBLKJ UKXKKAL LAW.S. 



PATAFSCO EIVER. 



1 a T"- I'u 1 



Lau'K LS74, C/inpfer 7'^. '-//f/r/ /Af folloinu/ •vcc-i 



Sec. 1. A*'' tV- I'jiiic/til Itij t/tr (Irntiud ^isstinlily of 

 Maryla/u/, Tljat tVoni and after tlie ])a,s.sago of this 

 Act, it sliall not be lawful for any jierson or persons, 

 to talce, ea}>ture ur destroy iisli, liy seine or seines, 

 drag-net uv drag-nets, set-net or set-nets, dip-net 

 or dip-nets, stir-net or stir-nets, tisli-lmskets or 

 iisli-pots, eel- weirs, brush or fascine-nets, or any 

 means or contrivances whaterer of tlie nature of a 

 seine, which are known to destroy or capture fish, 

 or to destroy or capture them by shooting or strik- 

 ing through the ice, or otherwise than by Jiook 

 and line, commonly known as angling, in tb.e 

 Patapsco River al)0ve tide-water. 



l-"i$ii-l*Jd(M-f, ,s^^._ -j^ ^Ij^^j /j^ If fnoi'lfl. That tlie owner or 

 owners of all dams, erecttnl now or liereafter on 

 said river, shall, ai;d are hereby reijnii'od to make 

 or cause to b<' niinle, and keep in repair, proper 

 tish ladders, and have them placed on said dam, 

 so as to afford to the iisli, in said ri\'er. free course 

 up and down said rix'er. 



i-'enaltj tor f^e^., ;;_ ^l,iJ. ^f^ H fiiavUd , That if the owner or 



owners of the atbresaid dams fail to ciunply vrith the 

 jjrovisious of the jjreceding section, within sixty 

 days from the jntssage and a]>proval of this Act, 

 they, or either of them slnill be liable, upon con- 

 viction tkereof, by summai-y process before any 

 flustice of the Peace of this Stat« in the county 

 • ))carest or adjacent to where the <lam or dams are 

 situated, t<i a penalty of jiot less tlian jifty noi- 

 more than one hundretl dollars, Hve dollars to the 

 informer, and the biilance to the IJoard of County 

 Commissioners of the counties adjacent to said 

 dam or dams for school pui-poscs. 



^"I'^'^^j""': >Sec. -I. And he U cuacted, That any person or 

 section." ^' persons offending against the ]>rovisions of the 

 iirst section thereof, shall be liable, upon convic- 

 tion thereof by summary process before any Jus- 

 tice of the Peace of this State, in and for tlw 

 county where the act is committed, to a penalty o;' 

 ]iot less than ten nor more than thirty dollars, 

 one-third to the informer, onc'third to the Con- 



