﻿PUBLIC 
  LOCAL 
  LAWS. 
  

  

  Penalty. 
  

  

  May 
  be 
  

   prosecuted 
  

  

  Fines 
  di- 
  

   vided. 
  

  

  Not 
  law- 
  

   ful 
  to 
  fish 
  

   within 
  one 
  

   mile 
  of 
  en- 
  

   trance. 
  

  

  Not 
  lawful 
  

   to 
  fish 
  wilh 
  

   fastened 
  

   nets. 
  

  

  Shall 
  is- 
  

   sue 
  warant 
  

  

  fish 
  weifs, 
  seines, 
  gill-nets, 
  pound-nets, 
  purse-seine, 
  or 
  

   any 
  other 
  device 
  known 
  to 
  capture 
  trout, 
  for 
  the 
  

   space 
  of 
  three 
  years 
  from 
  the 
  first 
  of 
  August, 
  

   eighteen 
  hundred 
  and 
  seventy-eight, 
  in 
  any 
  branch, 
  

   brook, 
  creek 
  or 
  stream 
  of 
  water 
  which 
  has 
  been 
  or 
  

   may 
  be 
  stocked 
  with 
  trout 
  in 
  Baltimore 
  county. 
  

  

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

   persons 
  found 
  guilty 
  of 
  violating 
  any 
  provision 
  of 
  

   this 
  act 
  shall, 
  upon 
  conviction, 
  be 
  fined 
  twenty 
  dol- 
  

   lars 
  and 
  costs, 
  and 
  in 
  default 
  of 
  payment 
  shall 
  be 
  

   confined 
  in 
  the 
  county 
  jail 
  for 
  not 
  less 
  than 
  ten 
  nor 
  

   more 
  than 
  thirty 
  days. 
  

  

  Sec. 
  3. 
  And 
  he 
  it 
  enacted^ 
  That 
  the 
  violation 
  of 
  

   any 
  of 
  the 
  provisions 
  of 
  this 
  act 
  may 
  be 
  prosecuted 
  

   by 
  any 
  citizen 
  of 
  the 
  county 
  before 
  a 
  justice 
  of 
  the 
  

   peace 
  for 
  said 
  county, 
  subject 
  to 
  an 
  appeal 
  to 
  the 
  

   Circuit 
  Court 
  for 
  said 
  county, 
  the 
  informer 
  to 
  be 
  a 
  

   competent 
  witness. 
  Fines 
  paid 
  shall 
  be 
  equally 
  di- 
  

   vided 
  between 
  the 
  informer 
  and 
  the 
  Fish 
  Commis- 
  

   sion 
  of 
  the 
  State 
  of 
  Maryland. 
  

  

  Laii^s 
  of 
  1878, 
  Chajyter 
  242, 
  Sections 
  1, 
  2 
  and 
  3. 
  

  

  Section 
  1. 
  Be 
  it 
  enacted 
  hy 
  the 
  General 
  Assemhly 
  

   of 
  Maryland, 
  That 
  it 
  shall 
  not 
  be 
  lawful 
  for 
  any 
  

   person 
  or 
  persons 
  to 
  fish 
  in 
  the 
  waters-of 
  Gunpowder 
  

   river, 
  Middle 
  river 
  or 
  Back 
  river, 
  or 
  their 
  tributary 
  

   streams, 
  except 
  Bird 
  river, 
  or 
  in 
  the 
  waters 
  of 
  the 
  

   Chesapeake 
  Bay 
  within 
  one 
  mile 
  of 
  the 
  entrance 
  of 
  

   said 
  rivers 
  into 
  the 
  same 
  situated 
  in 
  Baltimore 
  

   county, 
  with 
  seine 
  or 
  nets, 
  except 
  from 
  the 
  shore 
  in 
  

   the 
  usual 
  and 
  customary 
  manner. 
  

  

  Sec. 
  2. 
  And 
  he 
  it 
  enacted, 
  That 
  it 
  shall 
  not 
  be 
  

   lawful 
  for 
  any 
  person 
  or 
  persons 
  to 
  fish 
  in 
  said 
  water, 
  

   Bird 
  river 
  excepted, 
  with 
  nets 
  fastened 
  to 
  stakes, 
  

   commonly 
  known 
  as 
  pound 
  or 
  trap 
  nets. 
  

  

  Sec. 
  3. 
  And 
  he 
  it 
  enacted, 
  That 
  upon 
  information 
  

   given 
  upon 
  oath 
  or 
  affirmation 
  to 
  any 
  justice 
  of 
  the 
  

   peace 
  having 
  jurisdiction 
  of 
  any 
  violation 
  of 
  any 
  of 
  

   the 
  provisions 
  of 
  this 
  act, 
  he 
  shall 
  issue 
  his 
  warrant 
  

   for 
  the 
  arrest 
  of 
  the 
  offender 
  or 
  offenders, 
  and 
  for 
  

   the 
  seizure 
  of 
  the 
  seines, 
  nets, 
  boats 
  and 
  other 
  fishing 
  

   outfit, 
  to 
  be 
  directed 
  to 
  the 
  sheriff" 
  or 
  any 
  constable 
  

   of 
  the 
  county 
  or 
  other 
  officer 
  authorized 
  to 
  make 
  

   arrests, 
  or 
  any 
  citizen, 
  and 
  it 
  shall 
  be 
  the 
  duty 
  of" 
  

   any 
  sheriff", 
  constable 
  or 
  other 
  officer 
  authorized 
  

  

  