3tX PUKLiO GENERAL ].A\\\S. 



twonty-five di)llar.s, to be collected by any Consta- 

 ble in the dintrict where such offence may have 

 been committed, in the same manner of otiier small 

 debts; one-halt of said fine sltall he })aid to the 

 Lnf'ormer, and the other half into the Public School 

 Proviso. Fund of Worcester county; provided, that nothing 



herein contained shall be intended to apply to any 

 of the waters of said river, below a point called 

 and known by the name of Porter's Bridge. 



Sec. 2. Be it enacted, That any person deeming 

 himself or herself aggrieved by any judgment of 

 the .iustico of the Peace under this Act, shall be 

 Appeal. entitled to an appeal to the Circuit Court of the 



county, as in other cases of appeal from judgments 

 of Justices f>f the Peace. 



Laws 1874, Chap. 253, enact th,t foUoiehig sec- 

 tions : 



Sec. 1 . Be it enacted by the General Assembly of 



Maryland, That from and a ter the passage of this 



Act, it shall not be lawful for any person to take, 



catch or kill any sp,eckled brook ti'out, or any 



.'^''""'^'*'^> 5" speckled river trout, save only with a hook and 



be balcon with ,.' ,, ', •' . , . , 



book and line, line, or to bavc any such trout in his or her pos- 

 session, except, during the months of April, May, 

 June, »)uly and the fii-st fiiteen days in the month 

 of x\ugust, under a penalty of five dollars for each 

 tl'out so caught or had in his or her })ossession ; 

 but this section shall not ])revent any person or 

 corporation 1rom catc'iing trout in any manner or 

 at any time, in watei's owned by tliem, or upon 

 their premises to stock other waters. 



Sec. 2. And be it enacted y That it shall not be 

 lawful for any person within the State of Mary- 

 land to take or catch any brook trout at any time, 

 m any of the waters of tlie State, ])y means ol' 

 Penalty. any fish-basket, seine or seines, net or nets, trap 



or traps, under a penalty of five dollars for each 

 and every fish so taken. 



„. . , Sec. ?i. And be it enacted. That no iK-rson shall 



Shall not place -, • r ^ l i i i ^ 



lime, &c., in phicc in any fresh-water stream, lake or pond, 



any sti-eam. without the coiiseut (.)f the owner, or in the waters 

 and estuaries with the rivers debouching into 

 them, any lime or other deleterious substance, 

 with the intent thereby to i)oison or catch tish. 



feiialt.v, under a penalty of one hundred dollars. 



