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PUBLIC LOCAL LAWS. 



Penalty. 



HAKFOED COUNTY. 



Section 1, Chcqjter 215, Laics of 1876, adds as 

 additional, Sections to Article 12 of the Code of Pub- 

 lic Loccd Laics, as Section 41 A, Section 41 B, and 

 Section 41 C, the following : 



Sec. 41 A. It shall be unlawful for any person 

 to catch or trap any fish in the waters of Harford 

 county, the waters of the Chesapeake Bay and its 

 tributaries to high tide, and the Susquehanna River 

 and private fish ponds excepted ; provided, that 

 nothing in this section shall apply to the waters of 

 Gunpowder Eiver, Bush River and Swann Creek 

 and their tributaries. 



Sec. 41 B. Any one violating the provisions of 

 the preceding section, shall, upon conviction before 

 a justice of the peace of said county, be liable to 

 a tine of not less than two dollars and fifty cents, 

 nor more than five dohars for each offence, and 

 upon failing to pay said fine and the cost of pros- 

 ecution, shall be sentenced to imprisonment iu the 

 county jail, for a period not exceeding seven days; 

 said fine to be paid to the county commissioners 

 for the use of the county. 



Sec. 41 C. And he it enacted, That this act shall 

 continue in force for two years from the date of its 

 passage. 



KENT COUNTY. ^ 



Laics cf 1876, Chapter 41, Sections 1, 2, 3, 4, 5,*' 

 and 6. 



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

 dlaryland, That it shall not be lawful for any 

 person or persons to lash or beat the waters of 

 aaMd'fowr" Fairlee Creek, Worton Creek, Lloyd's Creek, Still 

 Pond Creek, Churn Creek, Turner's Creek or any 

 other of the creeks or arms of the Sassafras river 

 within the bounds of Kent county in this State, 

 with rods, poles or sticks or anything else, or to 

 make noises on the decks of any boat, or on any 

 part of any boat by the use of clogs or wooden 

 shoe^, or by any other instrument or means or iu 

 any other manner for the purpose of driving fish 

 into any seine, fish-basket or any other contrivance 

 for catching fish, nor for the purpose, or which will 



In force. 



To protect flsU 



