XXXIV 



Penalty. 



PUBLIC LOCAL LAWS. 



comity, witli poles, sticks or any other thing, for 

 the purpose of driving fish into seines, nets, fish- 

 haskets, or any other contrivance for catching fish. 



Sec. .2. And he it enacted, That any person or 

 persons violating the provisions of the preceding- 

 section of this Act, and who shall he convicted be- 

 fore a Justice of tlie Peace of Cecil county, for the 

 same, shall -forfeit the boats, nets, seines and other 

 fixtures used by such offender or offenders at the 

 time of so violating the same ; and the proceeds of 

 the sale of such forfeited property or fixtures, after 

 deducting the costs of prosecution, shall be paid, 

 one-half to the informer and the other half to the 

 School Commissioners of Cecil county, for the bene- 

 fit of the Public Schools of said countv. 



Prohibited. 



Violatinc 



Laws 187-1, Chapicr 388, enact — 



Sec. 1. Be it enacted hy the General Assemhhj of 

 3Iaonjland, That no person or persons shall fish at 

 any time in the waters of the Elk River and North 

 East Eiver and their tributaries, lying; and being 

 within the limits of Cecil county, with any haul- 

 ing seine of any description, the meshes of which 

 are of less measure than what is generally known 

 as "inch and a quarter mesh."' 



Sec. 2. And he it enacted, That any person or 

 persons violating the provisions of this Act, upon 

 conviction thereof before any Justice of the Peace 

 in Cecil county, shall pay a fine of twenty dollars, 

 and forfeit such seine, and the boats and materials 

 used in fishing the same, which shall be sold at 

 public auction for cash, one-half of said fine and 

 the proceeds of said sale shall go to the officer 

 making the arrest, and the other half totlie Public 

 School fund of said countv. 



CHARLES COUNTY. 



Laics 1872, Chapter 198, enact — 



Sec. 1. Be it enacted hy the General Assemhhj of 

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

 son or persons, {^s^ce^i hona fide residents of Charles 

 countv, to take or catch terrapins, or to haul a 

 seine in any of the inlets or tributaries of the Poto- 

 mac River, lying in Charles county, nor within 

 five liundred yards of the beach on tlie Potomac 



