XLII PUBLIC LOCAL LAWS. 



HARFORD COUNTY. 



Code Public Local Lcnvs, Art. 12. 



Dity of Con gec. 38. The Coimtv Cainuiissioncrs of Hai'ford 

 county, sliall appoint annually a Constable in the 

 district adjoining the Bald Friar Ferry, on the 

 Susquehanna River, 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 they find any fish nets 

 erected in the river within the limits of Harford 

 county, not constructed so as to admit the free 

 passage of young Shad, or with the bottom thereof 

 covered with a basket or any otlier device, so as to 

 close the opening therein whereby the young shad 

 may be destroyed, they will give notice thereof to 

 any Justice of the Peace of the county, who shall 

 upon such information of said Constable, or of any 

 other person on oath, issue his warrant to appre- 

 hend such owner and take him before some Jus- 

 tice of the Peace of the county, and he shall, by 

 the Justice before whom he may be taken, be com- 

 pelled to enter into recognizan-)e for his appear- 

 ance at the next term of the Circuit Court for 

 Harford county. 



Indictiient. f^ec. 39. The person so arres^ted shall be pro 



ceeded against by indictment in the Circuit Court 

 aforesaid, and upon conviction or confession of the 

 oifence charged, shall be fined by the Court not 



Fine. exceeding sixty dollars for any such ofience, one- 



half to the Constable aforesaid, or such other per- 

 son as shall prosecute the same, the other half to the 

 use of the county. 



PayofCoBsta- Scc. 40. The Said Constable, for the discharge 

 ^^^' of the duties aforesaid, and upon his making the 



oath thereto, shall be allowed by the County Com- 

 missioners, the sum of sixteen dollars per annum. 



Sec. 41. If any person using a fishery on the 

 west side of the Susquehanna River, shall, for the 

 Penaitj. space of ten days after the expiration of the fish- 



ing season, neglect to remove any putrifying pickle 

 from the fishing shore, and cleanse the vessels used 

 in curing fish, or suffer quantities of fish to re- 

 main 9,nd putrefy on the fishing shore he shall for- 

 feit the sum of five dollars and immediately re- 



