﻿FISH 
  AND 
  FISHERIES. 
  

  

  PUBLIC 
  GENERAL 
  LAWS. 
  

  

  Chapter 
  276 
  Laws 
  of 
  1878, 
  repeals 
  Chapter 
  252 
  

   Laws 
  of 
  1876, 
  lohich 
  repealed 
  421 
  Laws 
  of 
  1874, 
  

   which 
  repealed 
  Section 
  2 
  of 
  A?'ticle 
  41 
  of 
  Ptthlic 
  

   General 
  Laius 
  of 
  Maryland^ 
  title 
  '■'■Fish 
  and 
  Fish- 
  

   eries,''^ 
  and 
  re-enacts 
  the 
  same 
  with 
  Amendments. 
  

  

  Laws 
  of 
  1 
  878, 
  Chapter 
  276, 
  Sections 
  1, 
  2, 
  3. 
  

  

  Section 
  1. 
  Be 
  it 
  enactedhy 
  the 
  General 
  Assembly 
  

   of 
  Maryland., 
  That 
  the 
  act 
  passed 
  at 
  the 
  session 
  of 
  

   the 
  General 
  Assembly 
  of 
  Maryland, 
  eighteen 
  hun- 
  

   dred 
  and 
  seventy-six, 
  chapter 
  two 
  hundred 
  and 
  fifty- 
  

   two, 
  entitled 
  "An 
  act 
  to 
  repeal 
  an 
  act 
  passed 
  at 
  the 
  

   session 
  of 
  the 
  General 
  xVssenibly 
  of 
  Maryland 
  in 
  eigh- 
  

   teen 
  hundred 
  and 
  seventy-four, 
  cliapter 
  four 
  hundred 
  

   and 
  twenty-one 
  of 
  the 
  Public 
  General 
  Laws 
  of 
  Ma- 
  

   ryland, 
  title 
  'Fish 
  and 
  Fisheries,'" 
  and 
  to 
  re-enact 
  

   the 
  same 
  with 
  amendments, 
  and 
  to 
  substitute 
  the 
  

   following 
  in 
  lieu 
  thereof, 
  be 
  and 
  the 
  same 
  is 
  hereby 
  

   repealed, 
  amended 
  and 
  re-enacted 
  so 
  as 
  to 
  read 
  as 
  

   follows 
  : 
  

  

  Sec. 
  1. 
  Xo 
  person 
  shall, 
  from 
  the 
  tenth 
  day 
  of 
  

   ■June 
  to 
  the 
  first 
  day 
  of 
  September 
  of 
  each 
  year, 
  fish 
  

   with 
  hauling 
  seine 
  or 
  seines 
  of 
  any 
  kind 
  within 
  the 
  

   Chesapeake 
  Bay 
  or 
  any 
  of 
  its 
  tributaries 
  lying 
  north- 
  

   ward 
  of 
  the 
  following 
  line, 
  viz 
  : 
  Beginning 
  at 
  the 
  

   light-house 
  on 
  Turkey 
  Point, 
  in 
  Cecil 
  county, 
  and 
  

   drawn 
  westward 
  to 
  the 
  most 
  northerly 
  point 
  of 
  Spe- 
  

   sutia 
  Island, 
  in 
  Harford 
  county. 
  

  

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

   sons 
  violating 
  any 
  of 
  the 
  provisions 
  of 
  this 
  act, 
  upon 
  

   conviction 
  thereof 
  before 
  any 
  justice 
  of 
  the 
  peace 
  of 
  

   the 
  county 
  in 
  which 
  said 
  act 
  has 
  been 
  violated, 
  shall 
  

   pay 
  a 
  fine 
  of 
  thirty 
  dollars, 
  and 
  forfeit 
  such 
  seine 
  or 
  

   seines 
  and 
  the 
  boat 
  or 
  boats 
  and 
  materials 
  used 
  in 
  

   fishing 
  the 
  same, 
  and 
  upon 
  trial 
  and 
  conviction, 
  the 
  

   seine 
  or 
  seines, 
  boat 
  or 
  boats, 
  and 
  other 
  fixtures 
  used 
  

  

  Repealed, 
  

   amended 
  

   and 
  re- 
  

   enacted. 
  

  

  Hauling 
  

   seines 
  pro- 
  

   hibited. 
  

  

  Penalty 
  

  

  for 
  viola- 
  

   tion. 
  

  

  