XJAt PUBLIC i.OCAL LAWS. 



uiove'sucli ])i!tri('i lisli and |iic]dt', and (dcanse tin- 

 vesselTiised in curinii,- iisli, and on refnsal, or iiey,- 

 ]ect''so to do, for tlio space of iivo days tlun'caftc'r, 

 .sliall;f()rleit tlu,' sum of twenty dollars; the said 

 jienalties to bo I'ccoyered before a dnstiee of tlu^ 

 Peace for Harford c(~tnnty as small debts, tjie oiic- 

 balf to tlio infoi'iiicr and tlic otlior half 1o the 

 ronnty. 



Fiihint; Sect. 1 . Jtc it enuctc<l l>ll t/ic (reneral A-sscmUij of 



Mdrtjldnd , l^liat tlio iisliini;' season in tlie waters 

 of Ronmey Creek, in Harford connty. shall begin 

 on tbe iifteentli day of March, and end on tlie first 

 day of October sncceeding in each and every year, 

 and iishing in every mode and manner is hereby jrro- 

 liibited in said creek, for tbe time intervening be- 

 tween the first day of October and the fifteenth day 

 of March sncceeding in each and and every year. 

 Certain prac- ,Sec. 2. And he if ciKidcd , That it shall not be 

 iiniaw-rui. hiwtnJ lOr any ])erson or })ersons to wJiip or beat 

 the waters of Romney Creek, in Harford county, 

 with ])oles, sticks or any other thing for the pur- 

 pose of driving fish into seines, fish-baskets or any 

 other contrivances tor catching fisli, nor for the 

 purpose, or wbich will have the effect of driving 

 or frightening wild ducks or Avater fowl of any de- 

 scri})tion fi-om their breeding or roosting grounds 

 in said creek, or to erect any fish-pot, or to fish 

 with any drag-net. fish-basket, or any other snare 

 (hiring the time intervening between the first day 

 of October and the fifteenth day of ]\Larch suceeed- 

 ing, in eiich and every year. 



tSec. ■'. . And he if enacfctf. That if any [lerson 



Penally lor ^'^i^'^ vicdatc aiiv of the provisions of this Act, he 



noil rr.'miiii- shall, for ovcry such ofience, u[)on conviction be- 



unee. ^;-^^.^^ .^^y Justicc of the Poacc of Harford county. 



be fined a sum not less than ten dollars nor more 



than thirty dollars, one-half of said amount to l)e 



given to the informer, and the other lialf to Ito 



paid over to the School C;Onimissituiers of said 



county for school ])urposcs. 



Tobeimpiis- Sec. 4. And he if cncirfcd , That in 1lie event of 

 the failure or refusal of any person so convicted 

 to pay such Hue, the Justice of the Peace impcis- 

 ing the fine, shall commit liim to the Jail of Har- 

 ford county, ftir not less than tliirty. noi- moic 

 than sixtv davs. 



oneil. 



