﻿PUBLIC 
  GENERAL 
  LAWS. 
  

  

  Sub-Sec. 
  4. 
  Any 
  person 
  violating* 
  the 
  provisions 
  

   of 
  this 
  last-mentioned 
  section 
  shall 
  be 
  deemed 
  guilty 
  

   of 
  a 
  misdemeanor, 
  and 
  upon 
  conviction 
  thereof 
  be- 
  

   fore 
  a 
  justice 
  of 
  tlie 
  peace 
  for 
  Calvert 
  county, 
  or 
  be- 
  

   fore 
  the 
  Circuit 
  Court 
  of 
  Calvert 
  county, 
  shall 
  be 
  

   fined 
  a 
  sum 
  not 
  less 
  than 
  twenty 
  dollars 
  nor 
  more 
  

   than 
  fifty 
  dollars, 
  one 
  half 
  thereof 
  to 
  be 
  paid 
  to 
  the 
  

   informer 
  and 
  the 
  other 
  half 
  thereof 
  to 
  the 
  County 
  

   Commissioners 
  of 
  said 
  county. 
  

  

  Sec. 
  2. 
  And 
  he 
  it 
  enacted, 
  That 
  this 
  act 
  shall 
  take 
  

   effect 
  from 
  the 
  date 
  of 
  its 
  passage. 
  

  

  May 
  be 
  

   fined. 
  

  

  In 
  force. 
  

  

  Chapter 
  424 
  Laws 
  1?:78, 
  ])rotects 
  Terrapins 
  in 
  

   State 
  of 
  Maryland. 
  

  

  Laws 
  of 
  1878, 
  Chapter 
  424, 
  Sections 
  ], 
  2, 
  3, 
  4, 
  

   5, 
  6 
  a 
  nd 
  7. 
  

  

  Section 
  1. 
  Be 
  it 
  enacted 
  hy 
  the 
  General 
  Assembly 
  

   of 
  Maryland, 
  That 
  hereafter 
  it 
  shall 
  be 
  unlawful 
  

   for 
  any 
  person 
  to 
  take 
  or 
  catch 
  diamond-back 
  terra- 
  

   pins 
  from 
  the 
  waters 
  of 
  this 
  State 
  between 
  the 
  first 
  

   day 
  of 
  April 
  and 
  the 
  first 
  day 
  of 
  November 
  in 
  each 
  

   year. 
  

  

  Sec. 
  2. 
  J^e 
  it 
  enacted, 
  That 
  it 
  shall 
  be 
  unlawful 
  

   for 
  any 
  person 
  or 
  persons 
  to 
  take 
  or 
  catch 
  from 
  the 
  

   waters 
  of 
  this 
  State 
  any 
  diamond-back 
  terra])in 
  of 
  a 
  

   less 
  size 
  than 
  five 
  inches 
  in 
  lengtli, 
  upon 
  the 
  bottom 
  

   shell, 
  at 
  any 
  time. 
  

  

  Sec. 
  3. 
  Be 
  it 
  enacted. 
  That 
  it 
  shall 
  be 
  unlawful 
  

   for 
  any 
  person 
  to 
  interfere 
  with, 
  or 
  in 
  any 
  manner 
  

   detroy, 
  the 
  diamond-back 
  terrapin 
  eggs. 
  

  

  Sec. 
  4. 
  Be 
  it 
  enacted. 
  That 
  none 
  but 
  hona 
  fide 
  citi- 
  

   zens 
  of 
  the 
  counties 
  of 
  this 
  State 
  bordering 
  upon 
  

   the 
  waters 
  of 
  the 
  same 
  shall 
  take 
  or 
  catch 
  diamond- 
  

   back 
  terrapins 
  from 
  said 
  waters. 
  

  

  Sec. 
  5. 
  Be 
  it 
  enacted. 
  That 
  any 
  person 
  or 
  persons 
  

   violating 
  the 
  provisions 
  of 
  this 
  act, 
  shall 
  be 
  deemed 
  

   guilty 
  of 
  a 
  misdemeanor, 
  and 
  upon 
  conviction 
  of 
  the 
  

   same, 
  before 
  a 
  justice 
  of 
  the 
  peace 
  in 
  the 
  county 
  in 
  

   which 
  the 
  ofience 
  shall 
  have 
  been 
  committed, 
  he, 
  she 
  

   or 
  they 
  shall 
  be 
  fined 
  a 
  sum 
  not 
  less 
  than 
  five 
  nor 
  

   more 
  than 
  ten 
  dollars 
  for 
  each 
  diamond-back 
  terra- 
  

   pin 
  so 
  taken 
  or 
  caught, 
  or 
  for 
  destroying 
  any 
  dia- 
  

   mond-back 
  terrapin 
  eggs, 
  one-half 
  of 
  said 
  fine 
  to 
  go 
  

  

  When 
  un- 
  

   lawful. 
  

  

  Size 
  to 
  take 
  

  

  Not 
  to 
  de- 
  

   stroy 
  eggs. 
  

  

  AVho 
  shall 
  

   catch. 
  

  

  Penalty 
  

   for 
  viola- 
  

   tion. 
  

  

  