POBLJO GENEllAL LAW8. Xlli 



■i)f taking- .shad or herring- ; nor sliall an}' person 

 'whip, thrash or beat the water of the I^itnxent 

 River with poles or any other instruments, lor the 

 purpose of driving fish into any seine or net; nor gi^e ofseinu. 

 shall any person in fishing in the said river, be- 

 tween the fifth day of March and the fifteenth day 

 of May, use any seine or net with meshes of less 

 size than one and three-eightlis of an inch square; 

 or during the rest of the year with any seine or net 

 with meshes of a less size than two inches square, 

 .and no person shall empty any seine except in 

 water twelve inches deep ; and any person viola- 

 ting this section shall bo subject to the fine and 

 forfeitures provided in the twenty-second section 

 of this Article. 



Lcnv8 1874, Chojitvr St», a<l(l i he folio u'in<i sec- 

 iions : 



ISec. 2o, A. Beit enaeted by tJie General Assonhhi 

 ■vf 3IarylfriuI, That no vessel, float, raft or boat of 

 any description, unless compelled to do so by stress 

 of weather or other unavoidable accident, shall be 

 anchored or stayed in the berth or haul of any 

 regularly hauled gshing sliore in the Patuxent 

 River, and remain thus anchored ibr the space of ?s'ot to anchor, 

 half an hour, when the weather will permit the 

 departure of such vessel, raft, float or boat, after 

 being warned to depart theTc/'rom by the owner or 

 ■occupant of said fishery. 



Sec. 2o, B. And be it enacted, Tliat any })erson 

 'violating the preceding section, shall pay to the Penally loi 

 owner of said fishery a gne of twenty dollars for ^''^''^^'"S- 

 each oflence, and every hour the vessel, float or 

 boat continues after the half hour mentioned in 

 the preceding section, sliall be considered a new 

 .and separate oficnce. 



Sec. 23, C. And be it enewted, Tliat the captain 

 or owner of the vessel, float or boat referred to in Liabk-. 

 the two preceding sections, shall be liable to pay 

 said fine, and the vessel, float or boat so anchored 

 .and stayed as above mentioned, shall also be lia- 

 ble to be seized and sold to pay any fines imposed 

 under the preceding sections. 



Sec. 23,1). Aoid be it enacted, That if any such 

 vessel, float or boat shall bo willingly, wantonly ^^^ ^^^ 

 .and maliciously, or from gross negligence sailed through, 

 .through any seine extended in any of said fisheries 



