XVllJ PUBLIC GENERAL LAWiS. 



PATAPSO RIVEU. 



Laws IST-i, Cliapter 79, enact thefoHowing sec- 

 tions : 



Not iaw««), Sec. J . Be it enacted by the General Assembly of 



Maryland, That from and after tlie passage of this 

 Act, it shall not be hiwl'iil for any person or persons 

 to take, capture or destroy fish, by seine or seines, 

 drag-net or drag-nets, set-net or set-nets, dip-net 

 or dip-nets, stir-net or stir-nets, fisli-baskets or 

 fish-pots, eel-weirs, brush or fascine-nets, or any 

 means or contrivances whatever of the nature of a 

 seine, which are known to destroy or capture fish, 

 or destroy or capture thera by shooting or strik- 

 ing through the ice, or otherwise than by hook 

 and line, comnionh' known as angling, in the 

 Patapsco River above tide-water. 



Fkh-imUkMB-. Sec. 2. And be it enacted, That the owner or 

 owners of all dams, erected now or hereal'ter on 

 said river, sluill, and are hereby required to make 

 or cause to be made, and kee}) in repair, proper 

 fish-ladders, and have them })laced on said dam, 

 so as to afford to the fish, in said river, free course 

 up and down said river. 



Penalty for Sec. 3. And be it enacted, That if the owner or 

 faiiare. owners of the aforesaid dams fail to comply with the 



provisions of the preceding section, within sixty 

 days from tlie passage and approval of this Act, 

 they, or either of them shall be liable, upon con- 

 viction thereof, by summary process before any 

 Justice of the Peace of tliis State in the county 

 nearest or adjacent to where the dam or dams are 

 situated, to a penalty of not less than fifty nor 

 more tlian one hundred dollars, five dollars to tlie 

 informei', and the balance to the Board of County 

 Commissioners of tlie counties adjacent to said 

 dams or dams for school purposes. 



Penalty for See. 4. And be it enacted, That any person or 

 violating fiist ppjg(^)i^s offending against the provisions of the 



section 



first section thereof, shall be liable, upon convic- 

 tion thereof by summary piocess befoi-e any Jus- 

 tice of the Peace of this State, in and for the 

 county where the act is committed, to a penalty of 

 not less than ten nor more than thirty dollars, 

 one-third to the informer, one-third to the Con- 



