PUBLIC LOCAL LAWS. XXXIII 



CECIL COUNTY. 



Fuhlic Local Laws, Article 8. 



Sec. 98. The County CommiKsioners of Cecil 

 county sliall appoint annually a Constable in the Duty of t'on- 

 district adjoining the Bald Friar Ferry, on the^^^^'^' 

 Susquehan a Eiver, whose duty it shall be to ex- 

 amine every fish-pot erected in the river at least 

 once a week in the season the young shad usually 

 descend the river, and if lie find any fish-pot or 

 net erected in the river within the limits of Cecil 

 county, wherein the bottom slats shall be more 

 than one and a half inches wide, or placed to- 

 gether closer than three quarters of an inch, or 

 not rounded on the top part, or w^ith the bottom 

 thereof covered with a basket, or any other device 

 so as to close the opening tlierein, vs^hereby the 

 young shad may be destroyed, he shall give notice 

 thereof to any Justice of the Peace of the county, 

 who shall upon such information of said Consta- 

 "ble, or of any other person on oath, issue his war- 

 rant to apprehend such owncr_ and take him be- 

 fore some Justice of the Peace of the county, and 

 he shall, by the Justice before whom he may be 

 taken, bo compelled to enter into recognizance for 

 his appearance at the next term of the Circuit 

 Court for Cecil count}'. 



Sec. 'JO. The person so arrested shall be pro- 

 ceeded against by indictment in the Circuit Court 

 aforesaid, and upon conviction or confession of the 

 ofience charged, shall be fi.ned by tlie Court not Fine, 

 exceeding sixty dollars for any such offence_, one- 

 half to the Constable aforesaid, or such other per- 

 son as shall prosecute for the same, the other half 

 to the use of the county. 



Sec. 100. The said Constable, lor the discharge Pay of Consta- 

 of the duties aforesaid, and upon his making oath^'*^- 

 thereto, shall be allowed by the County Commis- 

 sioners tiie sum of sixteen dollars per annum. 



Laios 1870, Chap. 1G5, enact — 



Sec. 1. Be it enacted hy the General Asseinhlyof 

 Maryland, That it shall not be lawful for any per- Jfottw catch 

 :Son or persons to Avhij) or beat the waters of Mill ^^^' 

 ■Creek, or the waters of Principio Creek, in Cecil 

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