XX PIMVLIC GENERAL LAWS. 



twenty-live (lollars, to he collected by any (yonsta- 

 ble in the district wlierc such offence may have 

 l)een commiticd, in the same manner of other small 

 debts: «ne-liali"of said fine shall be paid to (he 

 informer, and tlie other ]i<vlf into the Public School 

 I'rnviso. Fundol WorcestcT county ", ji>ro?;/r/e(/, tbat nothing- 

 lierein contained shall be intended to apply to any 

 of the waters of f^aid river, behnv a point called 

 and known by the name of Porter's P)ridge. 



Sect. 2. Be it enacted, That any person deeming 

 liimself or lierself aggrieved by any judgment of 

 tlie Justic(^ of the Peace under this Act, shall be 

 Appeal. entitled to an appeal to the Circuit Court of the 



county, as in other cases of appeal from judgments 

 of Justices of the Peace. 



Lmcs IH'J'4, Chnptcr '27)'.), cnnvt (lu- JoJJoirin^/ ■src- 

 tions : 



Sect. 1. lie U enadcd bjfthe Gcnero.l Assemhhj <>/ 



Maryland, That from and after the passage of this 



Act, it shall not bo lawful for any person to take, 



catcl). or kill any speckled brook ti-out, or any 



Trout ouiv to speckled river trout, save only with a hook and 



be taken with line, or to liavc any such trout in his or her pos- 



hook and line. - , t "• ,i ,-• ,-• . ■■> tx 



session, except during the montiis ol April, May, 

 June, July and the first fifteen days in the montli 

 of August, under a penalty of Hve dollars for each 

 trout so caught or had in his or her possession ; 

 but this section sliall not prevent any person or 

 corporation from catching trout in any manner or 

 at any time, in Avaters owned bytiiem. or upon 

 tlieir premises to stock other waters. 



Sect. 2. And he it enacted , That it siiull not be 

 lawful for any person within the State of Mary- 

 land to take or catch any brook trout at any time, 

 in any of the waters of the Sta,te, by means of any 

 tish-basket, seine or seines, net or nets, trap or 

 I'enaity. traps, under a penalty of five dollars for eacli antl 

 every iisli so taken. 



Sect. iJ. And he it enacted, That no itersou ishall 

 Kbaii not plane plact> in any fresh-water stream, laki or pond, with- 

 iinie, &e., m ^^^^|. ||-, , consent of the owner, or in the waters and 



anv stream. . . , , . , ', 



estuaries witn tiie rivers debouching into them, 

 any lime or other deleterious substance, with the 

 intent thereby to poison or catch fish, under a 

 PenaUy, })enalty of one hundred dollars. 



