XII PUBLIC GENERAL LAWS. 



FATUXENT. 



Laics 1874, Chop. 219. Ihis Act repeals (Imp. 

 128, Laws 1812, 'ivhicfi repealed Sec. 22, Art. 41, 

 Code Puhlic General Laws, and 7\'.-enaefs the same 

 ivith the sub-sections , as (jiven in the Text. 



Net be lawful, gec. 22. It sliall not be lawful for any jKU-son or 

 persons other than honajide residents, citizens ol 

 Prince George's, Charles, St. Mary's and Calvert 

 counties, to take or catch fish in tlie wuters of the 

 Patuxent Kivcraul tributaries, witli a seine, weir, 

 trap or other device, excepting only the hook and 



ProTiS'. line; pjrovidcd^ that the provisions of this section 



shall not apply to such as shall obtain permission 

 from the owners of lands bordering on said waters, 

 to fish off and opposite his, her or their land or 

 lands fo bordering on said Avaters; and provided, 

 that none other than bona fide residents, citizens 

 of said counties, shall use in any of the waters of 

 said river that bind on Prince George, Charles and 

 Calvert counties, above the village knowMj as Bene- 

 • diet, any seine, weir of not more than seventy 



fathoms long, and less than two inches square in 

 the mesh. 



Snb-sec. 1. It shall not be lawful for any per- 

 son or persons to empty their seines upon the beach, 

 Smaller fish so as to leave the smaller fish to [lerish, but to 



to be returned empty the same in w^ater of sufficient depth, to 

 enable such smaller fish to return to the Avaters 

 for growth and maturation. 



Fiue^ Sub-sec. 2. Any person or [)ersons violating the 



provisions of this Act, shall be fined not less than 

 twenty-five nor more tlian one hundred dollars, in 

 the discretion of the Justice of the Peace before 

 whom the case is heard, which amount shall be ap- 

 propriated to the Public School fund of the county 

 wherein sucli judgment is rendered; and for the 

 payment of the amount of fine so adjudged, any 

 any boat, seine, weir or other fishing tackle used 

 by any person or persons in violation of the pro- 



Seizuie. visions of this Act, shall bo seized and held as secu- 



rity upon complaint against such offending party. 



Laics 18^4, Chop. oK>. This Act repeals See. 

 23, Code Fublie General Laws, and. re-enacts the 

 satne as given in the Text. 



Sec. 23. No person shall stake down any seine 

 or net across the Patuxent River, for the purpose 



