I'rohibit.LMJ. 



xxxir pttp,t;i(' r.DCAT. t.aws. 



county, witli poles, sticks or any other thing, for 

 the purpose of driving tisli into seines, nets, tisli- 

 haskets, or any dtlier contrivance for catching lislu 



'i'ennitv. ggg^ 9. Aiuf he if enacted, Tliat any person or 



persons violating the pro^'isions of the preceding 

 section of this Act, and who shall be convicted be- 

 fore a Justice of the Peace of Cecil county, for the 

 same, shall forfeit the boats, nets, seines and other 

 lixtures used by such oftcnder or offenders at the 

 time of so violating tlie same ; and the proceeds of 

 the sale of such forfeited jiroperty or fixtures, after 

 deducting the costs of ])rosecution, shall be paid, 

 one-half to the iniormer and the other halt t(^ the 

 School Commissioners of Cecil county, f u- the bene- 

 Ut of the Public Schools of said county. 



Lcurs 18T4, Cliapier oSS, t-nad — 

 i^ec. 1. Be it enacted Uij the (niivrai ^Issendibj oj' 

 Maryland^ That no person or })ersous shall Hsh at 

 any time in tlie waters of thel'jlk ]{ivci" and Kiu'tli 

 l']ast Ivivei' and their tributaries, lying and being 

 within the limits of Cecil county, witli any haul- 

 ing seine of any description, the meshes of which 

 are of less measure than what is generally known 

 as '^inch and a ([uarter mesh." 



Sec. '1. And, he it enacted, Tiiat any person oi- 

 \i.-.i.itin<;-. persons violating the provisions of this Act, upon 

 conviction thereof befoi'e any Justice of the Peace 

 in Cecil county, shall pay a line of twenty dollars, 

 and forfeit suck seine, and the boats and materials 

 used in fishing the same, Avhich shall be sold at 

 public auction for cash, oiic-lialf of said line and 

 tlie proceeds of said sale shall go to tlie officer 

 making the arrest, and tlie <ither iialC to tli* Public 

 School fund of said countv. 



CHARLES COUNTY. 



L<iirs 1872, Chapter l'.)S, enact— 



Sec. 1 . Be it enacted hij the (reneral Assonht// of 

 Jfa.ryland, That it shall not be lawful for any per- 

 son or persons, axceiyt bona fide residents of Charles 

 county, to take or catch terrapins, or to haul a 

 iieine in any of the inlets or tributaries of the Poto- 

 mac River, lying in Charles county, nor witliin 

 five hundred vards of the beach cm the Potomac 



